For the first time since AARP began publishing the Scorecard in 2011, more than half of Medicaid long-term care dollars nationwide for older adults and people with physical disabilities went to home- and community-based services instead of nursing homes and other institution.
Quality home- and community-based care allows older Americans to achieve a key AARP goal: to age in place. Two-thirds of state long-term care funds go to nursing homes, and the rest is used to keep people in their homes.