Elderly man at a nursing home in Norway. Long-term care (LTC) is a variety of services which help meet both the medical and non-medical needs of people with a chronic illness or disability who cannot care for themselves for long periods.
FDR's policies prolonged Depression by 7 years, UCLA economists calculate. Two UCLA economists say they have figured out why the Great Depression dragged on for almost 15 years, and they blame a suspect previously thought to be beyond reproach: President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
FDR was willing to apply governmental influence to the failing economy. FDR's new ideas and initiatives became known as the New Deal. Items like public works programs, revitalizing banks, insured savings, and reforming business practices structured his plan to reinvigorate not only the economy, but America's confidence.