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Dramatic Decline in Disability Continues for Older Americans
Disability among older Americans is declining dramatically -- and at an accelerating pace, according to the National Long Term Care Survey (NLTCS). Moreover, the percentage of people age 65 and older with disabilities fell 1.6 percent per year from 1989-1994 and 2.6 percent annually from 1994-1999.
The improvements also are noteworthy for a newly observed decline in disability among black Americans and a decrease of at least 200,000 in the number of people estimated to live in nursing homes.
Researchers also are studying the broader implications of the decline in disability. For example, can continued reductions in disability help control costs for Medicare, Medicaid, or other health care expenditures? Kenneth G. Manton and XiLiang Gu examine one aspect of this question in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences report, looking at the reduction in nursing home residence as one possible area of cost savings. If a nursing home stay costs about $47,200 per year, they note, the reduction in nursing home stays may have avoided several billion dollars in costs from 1994-1999.
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Adult Care Home is also called board and care home or group home
Residence which offers housing and personal care services for 3 to 16 residents. Services (such as meals, supervision, and transportation) are usually provided by the owner or manager. May be single family home. (Licensed as adult family home or adult group home.)
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Definition:
Under this definition, an insured will be considered disabled only if he or she is unable to perform the duties of his or her occupation.
Mental disorder
Definition:
In DSM-III, a mental disorder is conceptualized as a clinically significant behavioral or psychologic syndrome or pattern that occurs in an individual and that typically is associated with either a painful symptom (distress) or impairment in one or more important areas of functioning (disability).
Reasonable Accommodation
Definition:
Any change in the job application process, work environment or work process, or modification to the benefits or privileges of employment, that results in equal employment opportunity for an individual with a disability.
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