What is Long-Term Care?
Long-term care is a range of services and supports you may need to meet your health or personal care needs over a long period of time.
Most long-term care is not medical care, but rather assistance with the basic personal tasks of everyday life, sometimes called Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), such as:
* Bathing
* Dressing
* Using the toilet
* Transferring (to or from bed or chair)
* Caring for incontinence
* Eating
Other common long-term care services and supports offer assistance with everyday tasks, sometimes called Instrumental
Activities of Daily Living (IADLs) including:
* Housework
* Managing money
* Taking medication
* Preparing and cleaning up after meals
* Shopping for groceries or clothes
* Using the telephone or other communication devices
* Caring for pets
* Responding to emergency alerts such as fire alarms.
Most long-term care is not medical care, but rather assistance with the basic personal tasks of everyday life, sometimes called Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), such as:
* Bathing
* Dressing
* Using the toilet
* Transferring (to or from bed or chair)
* Caring for incontinence
* Eating
Other common long-term care services and supports offer assistance with everyday tasks, sometimes called Instrumental
Activities of Daily Living (IADLs) including:
* Housework
* Managing money
* Taking medication
* Preparing and cleaning up after meals
* Shopping for groceries or clothes
* Using the telephone or other communication devices
* Caring for pets
* Responding to emergency alerts such as fire alarms.