Long-Term Care

Tuesday, October 23, 2007 - 11:06 a.m.
Long-Term Care

A look at the state of nursing homes and alternative forms of long-term care, and the challenges ahead in an aging America.

A look at the state of nursing homes and alternative forms of long-term care, and the challenges ahead in an aging America.

Guests

Jeanie Kayser-Jones

professor of gerontological nursing & medical anthropology and founder of the John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence at the University of California, San Francisco

Paul R. Willging

associate director for program applications at Johns Hopkins University's Center on Aging and Health, and the School of Medicine's Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology; former president and CEO of both the Assisted Living Federation of America, and the American Health Care Association

Howard Gleckman

senior research associate at The Urban Institute; visiting fellow at the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College; and author of a forthcoming book on long-term care.

Charles Duhigg

reporter, The New York Times

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