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.
 Liberals claim that Hoover's laissez-faire caused the Great  Depression, but the opposite is true. His interventions caused it.    While not believing in charity by the government, Hoover did try  and help the economic mess that began during his administration.He  gave much of his money to charity and encouraged Americans to do  the same.  Hoover tried to help by pressuring business leaders to keep wages  high when economic conditions dictated that they fall. Professor  Lee E. Ohanian calculates that this accounts for as much as 2/3 of  the unemployment in the first years of the Great Depression.