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What is LTC?
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Long Term Care (LTC) refers to a variety of services designed to help people perform the functions of day-to-day living to help them remain independent. Some long-term care is aimed at providing help with day-to-day activities for people with a chronic illness, or cognitive impairment, such as dementia. Other long term care services may be rehabilitative, helping someone regain function after a serious injury.
Disability rates are falling as a result of preventive care and medical advances; but the longer people live, the greater the chances are that chronic conditions may develop, resulting in an increased need for assistance with everyday activities.*
*Long-Term Care: Medicaid's Role and Challenges (publication #2172), The Henry J. Kaiser Foundation, November 1999.
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