In Virginia, there are over one million people age 60 and older and over 90,000 Virginians age 85 and older. These figures will only grow in the upcoming decades. Thus will put increasing strain on public programs and will require service providers to reorient medical care toward providing continued, high-quality long term care services. Long term care is of growing importance to health care sector. Although the aged and disabled populations make up 30% of Virginia’s Medicaid population, these individuals account for 70% of the state’s $4 billion Medicaid budget.
Yet providing long term care to those in need is a confusing a bureaucratic process. For instance, in Virgina, there are 6 agencies that provide long term care services:
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