Economic Impact
Nursing Facility Staffing Announcement/Agreement
Legislative Leaders Announce Plans to Add 300 New Jobs in Long-Term Care Facilities
Oregon Legislative Assembly - Press Release
March 27, 2009
Federal-State Partnership Creating Hundreds of Jobs, Improving Nursing Facility Safety and Quality
Oregon Department of Human Services
Spring 2009
Economic Impact of Long Term Care Facilities in the United States
This January 2009 report from the American Health Care Association details the national economic impacts of long-term care in the United States.
Eldercare/Disability Services: Untapped Engine for Job Creation and Economic Growth
Did you know that the eldercare/disability services industry employs more people than nearly any other industry in the country? This fact sheet from the Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI) describes how eldercare/disability services are an untapped engine for job creation and economic growth.
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Public Opinion
Opinion Research Executive Summary
“Are You Currently, or Anticipate within the Next 10 Years, Caring for an Aging Loved One or Someone With a Physical Disability?”
In this Executive Summary Davis, Hibbitts, and Migdall (DHM) share findings from focus groups and over 600 telephone surveys intended to assess public attitudes toward long-term care and health needs in Oregon.
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Misc. Reports & Information
AARP Research Report: A Balancing Act: State Long-Term Care Reform (July 2008)
This AARP Public Policy Institute research paper examines the extent to which states have balanced the delivery of Medicaid-funded long-term care (LTC) services and supports to people in their homes (or in more home-like settings in their communities) and in institutions.
AARP Research Report: Valuing the Invaluable: A New Look at the Economic Value of Family Caregiving. (November 2007)
The contributions of America’s family caregivers, along with many friends and neighbors, often go unrecognized in public policy discussions about the financing and costs of health care and long-term services and supports (LTSS). Yet these unpaid caregivers provide by far the majority of long-term services and supports received by persons with disabilities of all ages. This research report from the AARP Public Policy Institute takes an in-depth look at the often overlooked value of family caregivers in the United States.
AARP Research Report: Are Americans Talking With Their Parents About Independent Living? A 2007 Study Among Boomer Women (November 2007)
This report from October 2007 shares the findings from a telephone survey of women 45+ with at least one living parent to determine if women are having conversations with their parents about independent living.
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Other
National Conference on State Legislatures Case Study (1997): Oregon’s Long-Term Care System
Report that shows for the first time ever, a state (Oregon) is spending more on home and community-based care than on nursing home care.
Oregon’s Long-Term Care System