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Title: LTSS Need, Receipt, and Unmet Need in the Washington State Population Age 18-64 with Disabilities Publication Date: July 2023 We are pleased to announce the release of our final report on the Washington State pilot from our Measuring Unmet LTSS Need and Service Use Among Adults Under Age 65 with Disabilities project, titled “LTSS Need, Receipt, and Unmet Need in … Read More

Title: Creating a New Model to Measure the Need for Long-Term Services and Supports Among Working-Age Adults with Disabilities Publication Date: July 2023 Federal and state policymakers lack critical data on the need for LTSS among working-age adults with disabilities, which will be critical to their ability to plan and provide for the growing need. LTQA has been leading a multi-year effort to … Read More

Release Date : August, 2021 LTQA’s Research and Policy Director, Christina Wu, coauthored a Health Affairs blog with the Commonwealth Fund’s Corinne Lewis titled, “A Call For Improved Data Collection On The Long-Term Services And Supports Needs Of Working-Age Adults With Disabilities”. This piece explores the importance of filling data gaps on LTSS needs of working-age adults with disabilities and … Read More

Title: Data Resources to Determine the LTSS Needs of Working Age Adults with Disabilities Release Date: July 2018 About 13 million Americans need long-term services and supports (LTSS), and nearly half are adults younger than age 65 who have a wide variety of disabilities and LTSS needs. However, our understanding of the characteristics and needs of the LTSS population is … Read More

May 14, 2018 Currently, our understanding of the population that needs and uses long-term services and supports (LTSS) is largely derived from studies of people age 65 and older. However, nearly half of all individuals with functional needs are adults younger than 65. This younger population has a wide variety of disabilities and LTSS needs. The Long-Term Quality Alliance, with … Read More

Release Date: February 2018 The Long-Term Quality Alliance, with support from The Commonwealth Fund, interviewed fourteen experts in the field of data and research related to adults under age 65 with disabilities.  These interviews served as the first phase of a project to develop recommendations for data collection that will assist policy-makers in addressing the long-term service and support (LTSS) … Read More