Decision Support Software for Financing Long Term Care

The project will systematically examine the feasibility of developing decision-support software andmaterials to help older persons make individual plans and key decisions about a wide range of optionterm care. The project team will work with an expert panel to 1) identify possible capabilities forsoftware; 2) determine if it is feasible to develop appropriate decision-trees; 3) explore the feasidatabases, software tools and computer models to facilitate product development; 4) conduct researchfor and potential benefits of decision- support software for older persons and for professionals infocus groups with three age ranges (40-59, 60-70, >70) and 30 telephone interviews with professionalfinancial planning; 5) develop detailed specifications for decision-support software and related matrecommendations of the expert panel and the research findings; and 6) analyze the feasibility of the(analyses of needs, demand, technical feasibility, production, financial and legal). National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)