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Long-Term Care

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As persons age, they often lose the ability to take care of themselves. Long-term care provides assistance to those persons who are not capable of living independently, due to disability or other medical condition. About three out of every four adults will need long-term care of some sort – in a nursing home, an assisted living facility, or (ideally) at home.

  • LGBT Aging and Long-Term Care Fairness Survey
  • NSCLC in partnership with other leading LGBT organizations are working to raise awareness of the issues facing LGBT older adults who live in nursing homes, assisted living facilities and other long-te...
  • Nursing Facilities
  • Nursing homes have been notorious for providing substandard care, and similar problems often bedevil assisted living residents and persons receiving care at home....
  • Assisted Living
  • NSCLC supports alternatives to nursing facilities, so that elderly individuals whenever possible can receive needed long-term care services at home, or in a homelike environment. "Assisted living" is ...
  • At-Home Care
  • NSCLC works with consumers and their representatives to improve long-term care, including the revision of long-term care systems so that people can receive necessary long-term care services in their o...
  • At-Home Care in California: IHSS
  • The In-Home Supportive Services program is California’s health and social services benefit that assists limited income individuals with disabilities, including seniors, to remain safely in their own...
  • NSCLC's Long-Term Care Publications
  • In addition to the articles and analysis we produce on long-term care topics, NSCLC produces a variety of publications, including consumer guides and a quarterly newsletter for attorneys, the Long-Ter...