Report tracks use long-term services and supports utilization trends from 1993 to 2015. Findings show that Ohio has made considerable progress in creating a more balanced system of long-term services and supports. However, ...

This study examines the Prevalence of COVID 19 cases in Ohio nursing homes in the context of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) 5-star quality ratings. Data come from the June 3, 2020 Ohio Department of ...

This research brief compares the quality of Ohio's nursing homes to the nation over three time periods from 2013 to 2017. The quality of Ohio's skilled nursing facilities improved over this time frame, but Ohio still has ...

This report utilized data from the Biennial Survey of Long-Term Care Facilities to show the expansive growth of residential care facilities and assisted living in Ohio over the last couple decades. The report provides a ...

In 2010 the Ohio General Assembly asked the Ohio Department of Aging to develop and implement a nursing home diversion and transition initiative. This report describes the evaluation of that initiative. Results showed ...

This report documents two decades of progress in delivering long-term services in Ohio. In 1992, more than nine of the 10 older people in Ohio supported by Medicaid were in nursing homes. Today, the ratio is approaching 50/50.

As a result of limitations in federal and state funding for nonmedical supportive services, some communities across 15 states are utilizing local funding sources to support aging services for older adults and/or their ...