Across the States 2002: Profiles of Long-Term Care

Table of Contents: State Reports | Full Report (PDF, 282 pages)

Published biennially since 1992 by AARP's Public Policy Institute, Across the States presents a snapshot of the long-term care landscape in each state and the District of Columbia. The series was developed to help inform policy discussions among public and private sector leaders in long-term care throughout the United States.

Using the most recent data sources available, the 2002 edition by Steven R. Gregory and Mary Jo Gibson provides information on 70 indicators that are otherwise difficult to obtain from a single source.

Among the features of this fifth edition of Across the States are:

• Data on
  • Demographics
  • Need for LTC
  • Home and Community-Based Services and Resources
  • Nursing Facility Services and Resources
  • LTC Expenditures and Financing
• LTC Maps, including, for example, the regional variation in assisted living regulations
• State Rankings on every indicator
• Data Documentation
• List of AARP State Offices

State Reports

To access a copy of this report for a single state, click on the state below (PDF, approximately 710KB).

Alabama	Alaska	Arizona
Arkansas	California	Colorado
Connecticut	DC	Delaware
Florida	Georgia	Hawaii
Idaho	Illinois	Indiana
Iowa	Kansas	Kentucky
Louisiana	Maine	Maryland
Massachusetts	Michigan	Minnesota
Mississippi	Missouri	Montana
Nebraska	Nevada	New Jersey
New Mexico	New York	New Hampshire
North Carolina	North Dakota	Ohio
Oklahoma	Oregon	Pennsylvania
Rhode Island	South Carolina	South Dakota
Tennessee	Texas	Utah
Vermont	Virginia	Washington
West Virginia	Wisconsin	Wyoming

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Written by Steven R. Gregory and Mary Jo Gibson, AARP Public Policy Institute
December 2002
©2002 AARP
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