Infographic on Long-Term Services and Supports

Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)  has published a neat Visualizing Health Policy infographic (they are all neat, honestly) on A Short Look at Long-Term Care for Seniors. This infographic is designed to give:

“an informational snapshot of long-term services and support (LTSS) for seniors in the United States. This includes information about the number and proportion of seniors who will need LTSS because of physical and cognitive impairment, the role of unpaid family caregivers in providing the majority of LTSS, the role of Medicaid (not Medicare) as the primary payer for LTSS, the shifting of Medicaid spending from institutional-based care toward community-based care, and the fact that only 35% of US adults 40 years or older say they have set aside money for their long-term needs.”

This follows up the report released previously that we referenced in the August 27th post on Who Will Take Care of the Boomers. The  infographic is part of a monthly series done by KFF with the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). You can access a larger-sized version of the infographic on the JAMA website.

Becky Morgan