The Changing World of Long-Term Care: A State Perspective

R.A. Applebaum, S.A. Mehdizadeh, & J.K. Straker

2004

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Based on data from an eight-year longitudinal study of Ohio's long-term care use patterns, this paper describes the changes now being experienced by this industry. Although Ohio has been a state with a heavy reliance on institutional services, the data suggest a change in how long-term care is provided in the state.  Over the past eight years, despite an increasing disabled older population, nursing home occupancy rates have fallen from 92.5% to 83.5%. At the same time, in-home service and assisted living use has increased. The paper concludes by describing how such changes are likely to impact the system of the future.

(Published in Journal of Aging & Social Policy, vol. 16, no.1)

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