Cohen M A
LifePlans, Inc., Waltham, MA 02154, USA.
Gerontologist. 1998 Feb;38(1):80-9. doi: 10.1093/geront/38.1.80.
A number of key trends are emerging in long-term care related to financing, new models of service delivery, and shifts in consumer expectations and preferences. Taken together, changes occurring in these areas point to a rapidly transforming long-term care landscape. Financing responsibility is shifting away from the federal government to states, individuals, and their families; providers are integrating and managing acute and long-term care services and adding new services to the continuum of care; and consumers are thinking more seriously about how to plan and pay for their future care needs, as well as how to independently navigate the long-term care system.
在长期护理领域，与融资、新的服务提供模式以及消费者期望和偏好的转变相关的一些关键趋势正在显现。综合来看，这些领域发生的变化表明长期护理格局正在迅速转变。融资责任正从联邦政府转向各州、个人及其家庭；提供者正在整合和管理急性和长期护理服务，并在连续护理中增加新服务；消费者也在更认真地思考如何规划和支付未来的护理需求，以及如何独立应对长期护理系统。
