Integrating health care with community-based options for chronically ill elders

Recorded: Aug. 21

While family caregivers form the backbone of the health and long-term care systems, a projected shortage of caregivers, coupled with an increasing aging population, is prompting a need for new approaches to care for seniors with multiple chronic conditions who want to age in their communities.

Successful programs to address long-term care needs incorporate complex, interrelated factors, including housing, community-based services, and other social determinants of health. Robyn Stone, executive director of the LeadingAge Center for Applied Research, will review several community-based models that work and and how they help meet the increasing demand for community-based long-term care. 

• Robyn Stone, Dr.P.H., senior vice president of research, LeadingAge, and co-director, LeadingAge LTSS Center at the University of Massachusetts Boston

• Moderator: Liz Seegert

Robyn Stone is senior vice president of research, LeadingAge, and co-director of LeadingAge LTSS Center at the University of Massachusetts Boston. LTSS’ mission is to create a bridge among the policy, practice and research communities to advance the development of high quality services. The center also provides a forum where the health, supportive services and housing communities explore and develop policies and programs to meet the needs of an aging society. LeadingAge LTSS Center at the University of Massachusetts Boston focuses on advancing quality, educating consumers, developing a quality workforce and creating affordable housing with services. Stone came to LeadingAge from the International Longevity Center-USA in New York City, where she was executive director and chief operating officer. Previously, she worked for the Federal Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (now known as the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality). She has served in the White House as deputy assistant secretary for disability, aging and long-term care policy and as acting assistant secretary for aging in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the Clinton administration. Stone holds a doctorate in public health from the University of California, Berkeley.