Long-term care counselor: an electronic decision-support tool. Journal Articles

abstract

• With the American population aging at a steady pace, the need to help individuals, families, and aging/health care professionals in making often-difficult long-term care decisions is increasing. Finding accurate, impartial information is also critically important, especially information that is personalized to the individual rather than for the general public. The Long-Term Care Counselor (LTCC) is a free and confidential, web-based, decision-support tool developed by The National Council on the Aging (NCOA) to meet this particular need. It is part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service's (CMS) long-term care information initiative and is found via the official Medicare website at http://www.medicare.gov/ longtermcare/static/ltccounselor.asp. The LTCC helps individuals, caregivers, and professionals to find information relevant to particular circumstances based on the age, health, level of activity, finances, or personal preferences of the person.

authors

• Polniaszek, Susan
• Klinger, Christopher

status

• published 

publication date

• 2004

has subject area

• Aged (MeSH)
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. (MeSH)
• Counseling (MeSH)
• Decision Support Techniques (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Insurance, Long-Term Care (MeSH)
• Internet (MeSH)
• Long-Term Care (MeSH)
• Medicaid (MeSH)
• Medicare (MeSH)
• Nursing (Science Metrix)
• Patient Care Planning (MeSH)
• United States (MeSH)

published in

• Care Management Journals  Journal

keywords

• Aged
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.
• Counseling
• Decision Support Techniques
• Humans
• Insurance, Long-Term Care
• Internet
• Long-Term Care
• Medicaid
• Medicare
• Patient Care Planning
• United States

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1891/cmaj.2004.5.3.139

PubMed ID

• 16149251

start page

• 139

end page

• 144

volume

• 5

issue

• 3