Senior Housing

The long-term care system is in a rapid period of change, with the need for long-term care services growing as more and more baby boomers enter retirement. Additionally, as children diagnosed with developmental delays like autism in the 1990s finish school, long-term care service options will be needed. Complete the following for this assignment:

• Define the current long-term care (LTC) system, including how it was developed and the key strengths and weaknesses in the system.  
• In your paper, define the term continuum of care, and show how it applies to LTC today.  
• Identify the consumers and providers of LTC, along with defining institutional and non-institutional care and the strengths and shortcomings of each approach.  
• Add findings showing the changes taking place in LTC today.  
• Your report should be 3 pages, excluding the cover page, abstract page, and reference page.  
• Your report should include proper APA formatting.  
• Work should be supported with at least 4 academic or professional peer-reviewed sources that were published within the past 5 years