Susan C Hedrick
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 5536320 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Susan C Hedrick |
| PRENOMES | Susan C |
| SOBRENOME | Hedrick |
| ASSINATURA | HEDRICK S C |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Washington |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 12 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 12 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1989 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2009 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Assisted Living Pilot Program
Objectives. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) funded assisted living (AL), adult family home (AFH), and residential care for the first time in the Assisted Living Pilot Program (ALPP). This article describes the background and methods of the ALPP evaluation and the characteristics and experiences of the facilities. Method. Facility data were collected from the contracting/inspection process and a survey of ALPP facilities and those contacte…
Assisted Living Pilot Program
Objective. The Department of Veterans Affairs funded assisted living, adult family home, and adult residential care for the first time in the Assisted Living Pilot Program (ALPP). This article compares the use and cost for individuals that entered ALPP and a comparison group. Method. This was a nonrandomized study. The comparison group consisted of VA patients who were eligible but did not enter an ALPP facility. The ALPP (n = 393) and comparison…
Assisted Living Pilot Program
Objectives. Assisted living programs demonstrate variation in structure and services. The Department of Veterans Affairs funded this care for the first time in the Assisted Living Pilot Program (ALPP). This article presents resident health outcomes and the relationship between facility characteristics and outcomes. Method. This article presents results on 393 ALPP residents followed for 12 months after admission to 95 facilities. Results. A total…
Factors Affecting Choice of Community Residential Care Setting
Selection processes operate in choice of community residential care setting, with residents choosing facility type based on the fit of their needs with facility characteristics
Satisfaction With Care Among Community Residential Care Residents
Measuring satisfaction with community residential care (CRC) is growing in importance but still in its infancy. The authors conducted interviews with 176 CRC residents and their providers. Logistic regression was used to identify resident and physical characteristics, policies and services, and aggregate resident characteristics associated with satisfaction. Residents had high levels of satisfaction, demonstrating most concern with the facility b…
Quality Enhancement Research Initiative in Mental Health
The Veterans Administration (VA) recently introduced its Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) to facilitate the translation of best practices into usual clinical care. The Mental Health QUERI (MHQ) was charged with developing strategic plans for major depressive disorder (MDD) and schizophrenia. Twenty percent or more of VA service users are affected by 1 of these 2 disorders, disorders that often have a devastating impact on affected …
Cost As a Study Outcome
OBJECTIVES: The analyses presented here are intended to provide empirical guidance to two questions faced by researchers performing clinical trials which include a cost component: Which health care services should we track? Should we use facility specific costs or national average costs for individual services in estimating total costs? METHODS: We reanalyzed cost data from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) multisite clinical trial which co…
Dilemmas in Using Respite for Family Caregivers of Frail Elders
Respite use was explored with a group of vulnerable caregivers. Using a grounded theory approach, inresidence caregivers were interviewed about obtaining respite while caring for elders with severe cognitive or physical impairments. Respite use was influenced by caregivers' ways of knowing the receivers of care and concerns that potential helpers would not be aware of the complexities of care; feelings of imposing on helpers or feeling imposed on…
The Validity of Proxy-Generated Scores as Measures of Patient Health Status
This study examines the validity of proxy assessments as substitutes for patient assessments of patient physical and psychosocial health status. Data were obtained from 275 patient-proxy pairs who were enrolled in a national study of Adult Day Health Care. Patients and proxies (informal caregivers such as spouses) were asked to complete the Sickness Impact Profile (SIP) based on the patients health status. Findings showed that patient-generated a…
A Model for Reducing the Cost of Care in VA Medical Centers that Offer Adult Day Health Care
One approach to providing cost-effective adult day health care (ADHC) services is to guide both the inputs to ADHC services and the provision of other services so that substitution for institutional services can realistically take place. This approach has been used in a randomized clinical trial to evaluate the medical efficacy and cost of ADHC in the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA). This article describes the strategies that were used to im…
Meta-analysis of Home-Care Effects on Mortality and Nursing-Home Placement
This meta-analysis was designed to illustrate how the relatively new discipline of meta-analysis could be employed in health-services research. In pursuit of this goal, the results of 13 studies on the effect of home care on mortality and nursing-home placements were examined. The analysis demonstrated a small, beneficial effect of home care on mortality, which fell short of statistical significance. Study-to-study variation in the odds ratio was…
The Sickness Impact Profile as a Measure of the Health Status of Noncognitively Impaired Nursing Home Residents
The Sickness Impact Profile (SIP) is a multidimensional, behaviorally based measure of the health status that has been successfully used in a wide range of applications. The characteristics of this measure have not been assessed with nursing home residents. The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility, reliability (internal consistency), validity, and comprehensiveness of the SIP as a measure of the health status of a selected group of…
Factors Affecting Choice of Community Residential Care Setting
Selection processes operate in choice of community residential care setting, with residents choosing facility type based on the fit of their needs with facility characteristics
Satisfaction With Care Among Community Residential Care Residents
Measuring satisfaction with community residential care (CRC) is growing in importance but still in its infancy. The authors conducted interviews with 176 CRC residents and their providers. Logistic regression was used to identify resident and physical characteristics, policies and services, and aggregate resident characteristics associated with satisfaction. Residents had high levels of satisfaction, demonstrating most concern with the facility b…
Assisted Living Pilot Program
Objective. The Department of Veterans Affairs funded assisted living, adult family home, and adult residential care for the first time in the Assisted Living Pilot Program (ALPP). This article compares the use and cost for individuals that entered ALPP and a comparison group. Method. This was a nonrandomized study. The comparison group consisted of VA patients who were eligible but did not enter an ALPP facility. The ALPP (n = 393) and comparison…
Assisted Living Pilot Program
Objectives. Assisted living programs demonstrate variation in structure and services. The Department of Veterans Affairs funded this care for the first time in the Assisted Living Pilot Program (ALPP). This article presents resident health outcomes and the relationship between facility characteristics and outcomes. Method. This article presents results on 393 ALPP residents followed for 12 months after admission to 95 facilities. Results. A total…
Meta-analysis of Home-Care Effects on Mortality and Nursing-Home Placement
This meta-analysis was designed to illustrate how the relatively new discipline of meta-analysis could be employed in health-services research. In pursuit of this goal, the results of 13 studies on the effect of home care on mortality and nursing-home placements were examined. The analysis demonstrated a small, beneficial effect of home care on mortality, which fell short of statistical significance. Study-to-study variation in the odds ratio was…
The Sickness Impact Profile as a Measure of the Health Status of Noncognitively Impaired Nursing Home Residents
The Sickness Impact Profile (SIP) is a multidimensional, behaviorally based measure of the health status that has been successfully used in a wide range of applications. The characteristics of this measure have not been assessed with nursing home residents. The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility, reliability (internal consistency), validity, and comprehensiveness of the SIP as a measure of the health status of a selected group of…
A Model for Reducing the Cost of Care in VA Medical Centers that Offer Adult Day Health Care
One approach to providing cost-effective adult day health care (ADHC) services is to guide both the inputs to ADHC services and the provision of other services so that substitution for institutional services can realistically take place. This approach has been used in a randomized clinical trial to evaluate the medical efficacy and cost of ADHC in the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA). This article describes the strategies that were used to im…
The Validity of Proxy-Generated Scores as Measures of Patient Health Status
This study examines the validity of proxy assessments as substitutes for patient assessments of patient physical and psychosocial health status. Data were obtained from 275 patient-proxy pairs who were enrolled in a national study of Adult Day Health Care. Patients and proxies (informal caregivers such as spouses) were asked to complete the Sickness Impact Profile (SIP) based on the patients health status. Findings showed that patient-generated a…
Dilemmas in Using Respite for Family Caregivers of Frail Elders
Respite use was explored with a group of vulnerable caregivers. Using a grounded theory approach, inresidence caregivers were interviewed about obtaining respite while caring for elders with severe cognitive or physical impairments. Respite use was influenced by caregivers' ways of knowing the receivers of care and concerns that potential helpers would not be aware of the complexities of care; feelings of imposing on helpers or feeling imposed on…
Cost As a Study Outcome
OBJECTIVES: The analyses presented here are intended to provide empirical guidance to two questions faced by researchers performing clinical trials which include a cost component: Which health care services should we track? Should we use facility specific costs or national average costs for individual services in estimating total costs? METHODS: We reanalyzed cost data from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) multisite clinical trial which co…
Quality Enhancement Research Initiative in Mental Health
The Veterans Administration (VA) recently introduced its Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) to facilitate the translation of best practices into usual clinical care. The Mental Health QUERI (MHQ) was charged with developing strategic plans for major depressive disorder (MDD) and schizophrenia. Twenty percent or more of VA service users are affected by 1 of these 2 disorders, disorders that often have a devastating impact on affected …
Satisfaction With Care Among Community Residential Care Residents
Measuring satisfaction with community residential care (CRC) is growing in importance but still in its infancy. The authors conducted interviews with 176 CRC residents and their providers. Logistic regression was used to identify resident and physical characteristics, policies and services, and aggregate resident characteristics associated with satisfaction. Residents had high levels of satisfaction, demonstrating most concern with the facility b…
Factors Affecting Choice of Community Residential Care Setting
Selection processes operate in choice of community residential care setting, with residents choosing facility type based on the fit of their needs with facility characteristics
Assisted Living Pilot Program
Objectives. Assisted living programs demonstrate variation in structure and services. The Department of Veterans Affairs funded this care for the first time in the Assisted Living Pilot Program (ALPP). This article presents resident health outcomes and the relationship between facility characteristics and outcomes. Method. This article presents results on 393 ALPP residents followed for 12 months after admission to 95 facilities. Results. A total…
Assisted Living Pilot Program
Objectives. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) funded assisted living (AL), adult family home (AFH), and residential care for the first time in the Assisted Living Pilot Program (ALPP). This article describes the background and methods of the ALPP evaluation and the characteristics and experiences of the facilities. Method. Facility data were collected from the contracting/inspection process and a survey of ALPP facilities and those contacte…
Assisted Living Pilot Program
Objective. The Department of Veterans Affairs funded assisted living, adult family home, and adult residential care for the first time in the Assisted Living Pilot Program (ALPP). This article compares the use and cost for individuals that entered ALPP and a comparison group. Method. This was a nonrandomized study. The comparison group consisted of VA patients who were eligible but did not enter an ALPP facility. The ALPP (n = 393) and comparison…
Medicine (12 obras) · Nursing (10 obras) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (9 obras) · Gerontology (7 obras) · Health care (6 obras) · Psychology (5 obras) · Veterans Affairs (5 obras) · Business (4 obras) · Frailty in Older Adults (4 obras) · Assisted living (3 obras)