Report proposes new system of universal coverage to support long-term care of older Americans
The COVID-19 pandemic s heavy toll on older Americans highlights the need to strengthen the nation s safety net for people in need of long-term services and supports, an Oregon Health & Science University researcher and co-authors argue in a new report published by
Milbank Quarterly.
The report proposes a system of universal coverage to support the long-term care of all older Americans.
This approach would protect against financial catastrophe and end the current system that is based on the need to be financially destitute in order to access coverage via Medicaid. Such an approach would benefit both individuals and families and would also create a far more stable and more generous funding stream to providers.
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The COVID-19 pandemic s heavy toll on older Americans highlights the need to strengthen the nation s safety net for people in need of long-term services and supports, an Oregon Health & Science University researcher and co-authors argue in a new report published by
Milbank Quarterly.
The report proposes a system of universal coverage to support the long-term care of all older Americans. This approach would protect against financial catastrophe and end the current system that is based on the need to be financially destitute in order to access coverage via Medicaid, the authors write. Such an approach would benefit both individuals and families and would also create a far more stable and more generous funding stream to providers.
It s Groundhog Day!
The radio presenter’s voice booms from Bill Murray’s clock radio as it ticks from 5:59am to 6:00am.
It’s 2 February.
Again.
I’m not suggesting my colleagues on Morning Ireland are anything like their Pittsburgh counterparts in the classic 1993 movie, but 2021 might just be the closest we get to a real-life Groundhog Day.
For many of us, the current restrictions are tiring and tedious. The short and dark winter days have made this third lockdown feel like it s never going to end.
But, beyond the weather, there are plenty of reasons as to why our current circumstances might be more difficult to manage than last year.
Updated / Thursday, 28 Jan 2021
11:00
In the
Poetry Programme on Sunday 31st January, at 7:30 pm on RTÉ Radio 1, Bebe Ashley is inspired by Harry Styles, Gerard Hanberry imagines a scene in a pub, and Seán Dennehy brings us a poem of celebration.
Bebe Ashley was born in England and is currently a PhD candidate at the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry at Queen s University Belfast. She tells Olivia about original poetry in sign language and reads from her debut collection,
Gold Light Shining (Banshee Press), which includes poems inspired by Harry Styles.
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Poetry Ireland with the Global Brain Health Institute (Trinity College Dublin) and Neuroscience Ireland is inviting older people across the island of Ireland to write a line of poetry for a Poemathon with Older People.
The contributions will be combined to form a longer poem that captures the thoughts and imaginings of older people right now in society. John Sheahan, one of Ireland s best known musicians and member of The Dubliners, has penned the opening line of the poem: intrepid intruder, stalker of unwashed hands .
John, who is a frequent visitor to Dundalk where he has offspring living, will also be contributing the final line of the poem, which will be curated and edited by poet and editor Seamus Cashman.