LTC – is an acronym for long term care.  Long-term medical care for the categorically needy includes care in a nursing facility, public and private intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded, persons age 65 years or older in mental health hospitals, Home and Community Based Waiver Services for the Intellectually Disabled, and Home and Community Based Waiver Services for frail elderly and a targeted group of adults with physical disabilities age 21 and over who have not been determined to have a developmental disability, an intellectual disability or a related condition.