Commission on Long-Term Care Report to the Congress, September 30, 2013

On September 30, 2013, the Commission on Long-Term Care formally released its comprehensive Final Report to Congress in which it endorsed a package of 28 recommendations “for addressing our nation’s challenges with delivering and financing long-term care services and supports (LTSS).”

The Commission on Long-Term Care was established under Section 643 of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (P.L. 112-240), signed into law January 2, 2013, to be comprised of fifteen commissioners. Three members each were appointed by the President of the United States, the majority leader of the Senate, the minority leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the minority leader of the House of Representatives. The report is the result of the directives of the statute which required the Commission to:

1. “…develop a plan for the establishment, implementation, and financing of a comprehensive, coordinated, and high-quality system that ensures the availability of long-term services and supports [LTSS] for individuals in need of such services and supports, including elderly individuals, individuals with substantial cognitive or functional limitations, other individuals who require assistance to perform activities of daily living, and individuals desiring to plan for future long-term care needs.”
2. and "vote on a comprehensive and detailed report based on the long-term care plan… [described above]."

Related items:

The Unsustainable Cost of Health Care is available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/053-070-00021-3

Federal Register, V. 75, No. 8, Wednesday, January 13, 2010, Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Electronic Health Record Incentive Program; Proposed Rules is available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/069-001-00193-5

Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act Of 2010, Public Law 111-192 is available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/069-000-00186-6

Table of Contents:

Introduction

Chapter I: A Call to Action

Chapter II: Specific Challenges to Providing LTSS

Chapter III: Recommendations

Part One: Service Delivery

Part Two: Workforce

Part Three: Financing

Chapter IV: Advancing an Agenda on Long-Term Services and Supports

Appendix A: Commissioner Ideas

Appendix B: Public Comments

Appendix C: Hearings and Meetings

Target audience are policymakers involved with long-term care services and supports for older and younger people with significant cognitive or physical functional limitations, professional and family caregivers, and facilities, businesses and organizations involved with caregiving and financial planning for long-term care of people with cognitive or physical functional limitations.