title: What will long-term care be like in 2040?
abstract: Many innovative long-term care models can now be found in nursing homes, assisted living, and community home care settings. Key forces that will shape the future include the aging of the baby-boomer generation, personal choice, concerns about quality, new technologies, dementia research, payment issues, financial pressures, and workforce needs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Program on Aging, Disability, and Long-Term Care, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. psloane@med.unc.edu.
authors.forename: Philip D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Sloane
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Program on Aging, Disability, and Long-Term Care, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Sheryl
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
authors.affiliation: Senior Community Care of North Carolina (PACE); UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Maria F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: D'Souza
mesh_terms: D040561:Assisted Living Facilities / Q000639:trends; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000639:trends*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000639:trends; D058996:Quality Improvement; D012179:Retirement; D012944:Social Support