Other Populations

Americans living at the bottom of the income distribution often struggle to meet their basic needs on very limited incomes, even with the added assistance of government programs.

Informal caregivers, who are caregivers not paid for their assistance, are generally family members or friends of individuals in need of long-term services and supports.

This revised Research Brief, authored by Melissa Favreault (Urban Institute) and Judith Dey (Department of Health and Human Services), presents information about the risk of needing care and associated costs to provide content for policymakers and others considering long-term care financing proposals. 

This Research Brief, authored by John Drabek and William Marton, estimates the number of older Americans with a disability based on a widely-used definition established by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, and other recently available data.

This Research Brief, authored by Allison Carbonaro and Helen Lamont.

  July 2015 (Updated)

This Research Brief was authored by Joshua M. Wiener, Galina Khatutsky, Nga Thach, Angela M. Greene and Benjamin Allaire (RTI International); Derek Brown (Washington University); and Helen Lamont, William Marton and Samuel Shipley (Department of Health and Human Services).