Preface -- Contents -- 1 Overview -- PART ONE -- Chronic and Long-Term Care: What Are the Needs? -- 2 Long-Term-Care Needs of Elders and Persons with Disability -- 3 Reality of Caring for the Long- Term- Care Population -- 4 Planning for and Financing Long- Term Care -- Commentary on Part One -- PART TWO -- Care for the Elderly and Disabled under the American Social Contract -- 5 Evolution of the American Social Contract for Care -- 6 Medicare Coverage for Chronic Conditions: The HIV- AIDS Example -- Commentary on Part Two
PART THREE -- Prospects for Long-Term-Care Policymaking at State and Federal Levels -- 7 Perspective on the Politics of Long- Term Care -- 8 The View from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation -- 9 The Role of States in Long- Term- Care Reform -- 10 Long-Term-Care Policy in the New Reality -- Commentary on Part Three -- PART FOUR -- Building on Experience: What Have We Learned about Meeting Needs for Chronic and Long- Term Care? -- 11 Ensuring Quality in Long- Term- Care Settings
12 Importance of Interdisciplinary Teams to Support Self- Care: The Example of Kaiser Permanente -- 13 Chronic- Care Initiatives: What We Have Learned and Implications for the Medicare Program -- Commentary on Part Four -- PART FIVE -- Visions for the Future: How Might We Meet Tomorrow's Needs for Chronic and Long- Term Care? -- 14 Private Long-Term-Care Solutions: The Government as Employer -- 15 The Life Care Annuity: A Better Approach to Financing Long-Term Care and Retirement Income -- 16 Long-Term Care for the Elderly: Lessons from Abroad -- 17 Caring Communities: What Would It Take?
18 Meeting Tomorrow's Need for Chronic and Long- Term Care -- Commentary on Part Five -- Epilogue -- 19 National Policymakers on Long- Term- Care Policy -- Contributors -- Conference Program -- Index
