Table of Contents
LONG-TERM CARE IN AMERICA:
THE CRISIS ALL OF US WILL FACE IN OUR LIFETIMES
CONTENTS
Preface 1
PART I: WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS?
Chapter 1 Increasing Need for Long-Term Care 5
Chapter 2 Confusing Array of Options for Long-Term Care 19
Chapter 3 High, Unaffordable Costs of Long-Term Care 35
Chapter 4 Unacceptable Quality of Long-Term Care 49
PART II: HOW DID WE GET HERE?
Chapter 5 Historical Perspective 65
Chapter 6 Market Failure and Privatization 75
Chapter 7 Inadequate Insurance Protection 89
Chapter 8 Under-Valuation of Long-Term Care 101
Chapter 9 Conservative Tax Policies vs. the Common Good 113
PART III: WHAT CAN BE DONE?
Chapter 10 Financing Reform 127
Chapter 11 Revaluing Long-Term Care and Caregivers 143
Chapter 12 Reimagining the Future of Long-Term Care 159
Appendices:
1. Some Questions to Consider in Selecting 177
2. Recommended Reading 183
3. National Long-Term Care Organizations and Resources 185
4. Discussion Questions 191
Index 195
About the Author 211