Description: The article looks at potential changes in care provider demographics that could ultimately have an impact on the cost of long term care services.

Description: The Society of Actuaries' Long Term Care experience database is mined for evidence of improvement in insured population incidence rates.

Description: Second article in a series on how to use predictive analytics to improve the development of long-term care projection assumptions.

Description: Understanding long-term care insurance Risks At The Younger Ages through a Morbidity Experience Analysis. by Scott A. Weltz from Long-Term Care Newsletter, December 2002, Issue No. 7.

Description: Third article in a series on how to use predictive analytics to improve the development of long-term care projection assumptions.

Description: First article in a series that walks through the progression from developing LTC assumptions using traditional methods to doing so using predictive analytics.

Description: To increase awareness of current research, cognitive treatments, brain exercise programs and overall long-term care, we will be adding a regular feature to the LTC Section newsletter, tentatively called the “Cognitive Corner.” This feature will provide a place to share existing academic research and health-related outcomes related to cognitive factors. It is the hope that this information will spur thought-provoking discussions and debates that impact your work regarding these hypotheses.

Description: The article discovers that mortality is higher for females than for males at higher ages, and suggests "stress" as the explanation. It then discusses mental illness research, including recovery therefrom.