Expanded home-based care for the impaired elderly
Solution or pipe dream
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11031398 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Burton D Dunlop (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 514-519 |
| Publication date | 1980-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.70.5.514 |
| PMID | 7377422 |
| OpenAlex | W2043411689 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 10 |
Benefits assumed by those calling for massive expansion of home health care to include preventive, health-supportive services for the dependent aged--reduced institutionalization, reduced stress among family caregivers, and enhanced life-satisfaction for the dependent elderly--have been the objects of inadequate research and reflection. Advocates are unable to specify exactly what kind of person could benefit or who would seek to use such services. The little evidence that exists suggests that these benefits may be realized only partially and/or only among select segments of the population affected. A significantly reduced rate of institutionalization appears especially questionable. Only for a relatively small group, those mildly impaired persons without close kin (who now sometimes end up in lower level nursing homes or domiciliary care homes due to absence of this resource), does expansion of long-term maintenance services appear at this point to hold such potential. Local experiments with expanded home-based programs suggest that there may be a number of factors which could limit demand for such services. Carefully designed research to address these issues is needed
Environmental health · Institutionalisation · Long-term care · Nursing homes · Population · Psychiatry · Resource (disambiguation) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Nursing · Psychology · Gerontology
Substitution of Formal and Informal Care for the Community-Based Elderly
The Influence of Family Caregivers on Elder's Use of In-Home Services
Family Care of the Elderly
Israel’s public policy for long-term care services
Health care environment and life satisfaction in the elderly
Placement changes in long-term care
Providing home-based care for the elderly
Dr. Dunlop's Response
Designing care for the long-term patient
A randomized controlled study of a home health care team
Cost-effectiveness of community-based long-term care
On drug usage in nursing homes
Who are those most likely to be institutionalized, the elderly who receive comprehensive home care services or those who do not
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,28 |
| Citation span | 1980 - 2020 (41) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |