Models & Research

As professional planners working in the elder care field since the mid-1980’s, we are aware of the shining stars of elder care and end of life care. Annotated links will take you to model project sites and provide you with research needed to substantiate a shift toward community-based long-term care and palliative care. Current Issues are included to help keep ourselves and others abreast of matters affecting our work and communities of concern. The Journey Project Resource Center houses in-depth research collection far expanded beyond the representative sampling provided herein.

Care of the Patient with Severe Chronic Illness – An Online Report on the Medicare Program.

Care of the Patient with Severe Chronic Illness-An Online Report on the Medicare Program is a key critical report completed in 2006 by the Dartmouth Atlas Project. It reports that: “Almost one-third of Medicare spending for chronically ill is unnecessary… A fundamental problem, and one that contributes to both overspending and worse outcomes, is that

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Caregiver Action Network (CAN)

Caregiver Action Network (CAN) (formerly known as the National Caregiver Association) is the nation’s leading family caregiver organization working to improve the quality of life for the more than 90 million Americans who care for loved ones with chronic conditions, disabilities, disease, or the frailties of old age. CAN serves a broad spectrum of family

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Caring Conversations

Caring Conversations was developed by the Center for Practical Bioethics as a consumer education initiative to help individuals and their families share meaningful conversation while making practical preparations for end-of-life decisions. It is designed to guide you, your family and friends through the process of advance care planning. Caring Conversations is endorsed by the National

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