Who Uses Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports?

(By Priya Chidambaram, Alice Burns, and Robin Rudowitz for the Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Dec 14, 2023)

KFF estimates that nearly 6 million people receive Medicaid long-term services and supports (LTSS) for assistance with activities of daily living (such as eating, bathing, and dressing) and instrumental activities of daily living (such as preparing meals, managing medication, and housekeeping). LTSS are provided to people who need such services because of aging, chronic illness, or disability and may be provided in institutional settings such as nursing facilities (1.6 million people) or in people’s homes and the community (4.2 million people). This analysis examines the characteristics of Medicaid enrollees who use LTSS, how enrollees who use LTSS differ from those who do not use LTSS, and how enrollees who use different types of LTSS differ from each other. For details on methods, please see KFF’s previous data note, which described the number of people who use LTSS and how much Medicaid spends on those people. Continue reading here…

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