The first Commonwealth Fund Long-Term Care Colloquium, held in 2004, explored ways to measure the quality of long-term care in the United States as well as issues surrounding care for people who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. The 2005 colloquium focused attention on consumer-directed care and on ways to link housing with long-term care services. Between meetings, follow-up workgroups helped to ensure that participants collaborated on actions to address the issues raised during the colloquia. The third colloquium, to be held in June 2006, will address two new topics to be determined, with workgroups following the meeting. In addition, project staff will convene a half-day, follow-through session on consumer-directed care for policymakers in February 2006.