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Long-term services and supports (LTSS) includes a range of assistance individuals may need to meet their health or personal needs over an extended period.1 Most LTSS is not medical care, but rather assistance with the basic personal tasks of everyday life, sometimes called activities of daily living (ADLs), which include such tasks as bathing. Median long-term care and senior living costs by state State-level cost comparisons highlight the uneven financial landscape of long-term care and senior living across the United States. Median prices vary widely based on regional labor costs, real estate markets, regulatory factors, and the balance between supply and demand for senior care. The results of the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program 2024 Cost of Care Survey indicate that the cost of long term care services continues to rise, as reflected in the tables below. ABSTRACT the age 85 and older population, those who rely most on long-term care. In this ch pter, we review the delivery and financing of long-term care in the U.S. We show that the resources of most elderly in the U.S. are insufficient to finance these ongoing long-term care need The long-term budget projections in this report are based on the demographic, economic, and 10-year budget projections that CBO published in January 2025. The demographic projections reflect information, laws, and policies that were in place as of November 15, 2024. occupations based in long-term services and support (LTSS) in the United States. These include direct care workers (such as nursing aides, home health aides, and personal care aides) as well as registered nurses and licensed practical nurses working in long-term care settings. Objective—This report presents national results from the National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study to describe providers and services users in seven major settings of paid, regulated post-acute and long-term care services in the United States.

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