Advance Package - Letters of Support

Attachment G-3

Advance Package Letters of Support from Provider Associations

DRAFT RCC Letter of Support

In 2018, CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics will conduct the fourth wave of the National Study of Long-Term Care Providers (NSLTCP), a biennial national study of the major sectors of paid, regulated providers of long-term care services. This data collection effort will include a representative sample of assisted living and similar residential care communities across the country.

National data collection will start in August 2018. The Center for Excellence in Assisted Living (CEAL), an organization representing providers, advocates, and other stakeholders in assisted living (see theceal.org) strongly encourages your participation as do the following organizations:

• American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA)

• Argentum

• LeadingAge

  • National Center for Assisted Living/American Health Care Association (NCAL/AHCA)

The information collected will help policymakers, health care planners, and providers better understand, plan for, and serve the future long-term care needs of the older population and disabled adults.

While results from this survey will be made publicly available, all data will be kept strictly confidential and aggregated, so that the names of the communities, staff, residents, and respondents will not be identifiable.

DRAFT ADSC letter of support

The National Study of Long-Term Care Providers (NSLTCP), designed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), is conducting its third survey of U.S. adult day services. We thank everyone who completed the 2016 survey and contributed to its final response rate of 62.0%. We need your help to further increase the number of adult day providers that complete the 2018 survey.

All centers are invited to participate in the 2018 NSLTCP, which begins in August 2018. We strongly encourage you to participate in the survey, whose benefits include (1) advancing adult day services in our long-term services and supports system; (2) allowing state estimates, where possible, to compare centers across states and nationally; and (3) contributing to NCHS’ next long-term care overview report.

Data from the 2016 survey allowed CDC to compare our services, participants, and funding to other providers like home health agencies and residential care communities. The overwhelming positive feedback on that report (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nsltcp/nsltcp_reports.htm) demonstrates the usefulness of this information to adult day services providers, policymakers, and health care planners in helping them better understand, plan for, and serve the future long-term care needs of older persons and younger adults with disabilities.

NADSA, LeadingAge, and NASUAD appreciate your participation in this important national initiative. Please encourage all your fellow adult day providers in your state and region to complete the survey and improve the research on adult day services. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at our national office.

Many thanks,

Lisa Peters-Beumer Peter Notarstefano Martha Roherty

Board Chair Director, Home and Community-based Executive Director

(877-745-1440) Services (202-508-9406) (202-898-2578)