Unmet needs for long-term services and supports and associations with health outcomes.

Background: The availability of population-level data on unmet needs for long-term services and supports (LTSS) is limited at state and national levels. Data on unmet LTSS needs can improve our understanding of disparities and relationships with health outcomes.

Objective: 1) Explore differences in unmet LTSS needs by socio-demographic characteristics, including age, sex, race/ethnicity, metropolitan status, sexual orientation, and socio-economic status; and 2) Examine associations between unmet LTSS needs and health/preventative healthcare outcomes.

Supported Decision Making in South America: Analysis of Three Countries' Experiences.

. Following the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, there has been increased interest in supported decision making (SDM) as a strategy to realize the right to legal capacity of persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities. Support for decision making has been delivered formally through SDM services as well as informally through interpersonal networks.

Longitudinal appraisals of family caregiving for people with disabilities enrolled in Medicaid managed care.

To longitudinally examine the impact of public family support on appraisals of caregiving burden, satisfaction, and self-efficacy among families of adults with disabilities. Little research exists on family support and the family experience within Medicaid managed care across disabilities and longitudinally. Illinois Medicaid managed care enrollees with disabilities and their family members completed surveys over 2 years.