Skip to content
KFF Health News KFF Health News KFF Health News KFF Health News
Donate
  • Donate
  • Connect With Us:
  • Contact
  • X
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • RSS
  • Trump 2.0
    • Agency Watch
    • Medicaid Watch
    • State Watch
  • Public Health
  • Race & Health
  • Audio
    • KFF Health News Minute
    • What the Health
    • An Arm and a Leg
    • Silence in Sikeston
    • Epidemic
    • American Diagnosis
    • Where It Hurts
  • Investigations
    • Bill Of The Month
    • Dead Zone
    • Diagnosis: Debt
    • Overpayment Outrage
    • Payback: Tracking Opioid Cash
    • Systemic Sickness
    • The Injured
    • The Only Hospital in Town
    • ALL INVESTIGATIONS
  • More Topics
    • Abortion
    • Aging
    • Climate
    • COVID-19
    • Health Care Costs
    • Insurance
    • Medicaid
    • Medicare
    • Mental Health
    • Pharma
    • Rural Health
    • Uninsured

David Spiegel

The Questionable Lure Of Free Long-Term Care Placement Services (Guest Opinion)

By David Spiegel July 28, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Internet long-term care placement services are the cyberspace era’s quick fix solution for many Americans seeking non-nursing home institutional care for their aging parents or relatives. But their expertise in navigating this bewildering world of assisted living is, at best, a hit-or-miss proposition.

  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Click to print (Opens in new window) Print

Latest Morning Briefing Stories

  • Viewpoints: Kennedy’s Defunding Of Gavi Is Wrong And Dangerous; Will Planned Parenthood Survive Trump? Jul 2

  • Scientists Find Microplastics In Reproductive Fluids Of Men, Women Jul 2

  • Wyoming Confirms Its First Measles Case In 15 Years Jul 2

  • UnitedHealthcare Reaches Agreement With Cancer Center Over Coverage Jul 2

  • Social Security ‘Resurrects’ Immigrants From Death List; Benefits Still Blocked Jul 2

Email Sign-Up

More From KFF Health News

A photo of an ambulance driving by in Washington, D.C. The rotunda of the U.S. Capitol is prominent in the background.

Republican Megabill Will Mean Higher Health Costs for Many Americans

A photo of a White House event with three people sitting at the end of the table: Brooke Rollins, Donald Trump, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

‘MAHA Report’ Calls for Fighting Chronic Disease, but Trump and Kennedy Have Yanked Funding

To Cut Medicaid, the GOP’s Following a Path Often Used To Expand Health Care

A line chart of reported dengue cases per million residents in Florida, California, the U.S., and Texas from 2015 to 2024 showing that rates have been rising since 2021 and Florida's rate at least two times of the other metrics in 2024.

As Mosquito Season Peaks, Officials Brace for New Normal of Dengue Cases

KFF

© 2025 KFF. All rights reserved.

  • About Us
  • Donate
  • Contact Us
  • Editorial Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Staff
  • Republish Our Content
  • Email Sign-Up
  • X
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • RSS

Powered by WordPress VIP

Thank you for your interest in supporting Kaiser Health News (KHN), the nation’s leading nonprofit newsroom focused on health and health policy. We distribute our journalism for free and without advertising through media partners of all sizes and in communities large and small. We appreciate all forms of engagement from our readers and listeners, and welcome your support.

KHN is an editorially independent program of KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation). You can support KHN by making a contribution to KFF, a non-profit charitable organization that is not associated with Kaiser Permanente.

Click the button below to go to KFF’s donation page which will provide more information and FAQs. Thank you!

Continue