Assisted living in rural America: results from a national survey.

Context: Expanding the availability of long-term care (LTC) services and making them more responsive to consumer preferences is an important goal, particularly for elderly people living in rural areas who tend to be older and have greater functional limitations but less access to the range of LTC options available in metropolitan areas. One option that has been growing in popularity is assisted-living facilities (ALFs).

Purpose And Methods: This paper describes rural ALFs and compares them with metropolitan ALFs.