Who needs long-term care?

Who needs long-term care?

Karl Steinberg (Associate Medical Director, Sharp Mission Park Medical Group) gives expert video advice on: What is long-term care?; Why should I worry about long-term care?; Who needs long-term care? and more...

Anybody who requires the assistance of others over an extended period of time. That could be an elderly person who has medical conditions and who isn't able to perform all of their activities of daily living. It could also be younger people who have a variety of disabilities, and any of those individuals could be said to require long-term care.