Eligibility for publicly financed home care
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11039865 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mary E Jackson (Fonctionnement et Conduite des Systèmes de Culture Tropicaux et Méditerranéens), Brian Burwell, Robert Clark (0000-0002-5197-8370), R F Clark, M Harahan, Mary F Harahan |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 853-856 |
| Publication date | 1992-06-01 |
| 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.82.6.853 |
| PMID | 1533996 |
| OpenAlex | W2070021381 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 5 |
OBJECTIVES. Proposals for publicly financed home care for the elderly now tend to include cognitive impairment criteria as well as activities of daily living (ADL) criteria. The numbers of elderly deemed eligible for services will depend on the definitions of ADL and cognitive impairment used. METHODS. Data from the 1984 National Long-Term Care Survey were used to generate a series of estimates of the community-dwelling elderly with ADL disabilities and cognitive impairment. RESULTS. When only ADL criteria are used, estimates of disability range from 472,000 to over 3 million (1.6% to 12.5% of the community-dwelling elderly). These estimates increase to approximately 1 million to 4.2 million (3.5% to 14.0% of the community-dwelling elderly) when cognitive impairment criteria are added. CONCLUSIONS. The use of more stringent or more liberal eligibility criteria will have dramatic effects on the number of elders who qualify for services. The nature of the eligibility criteria employed in any expansion of federally financed home care benefits will be a major factor in determining the costs of such a program
Activities of daily living · Assisted living · Cognition · Cognitive impairment · Independent living · Long-term care · Physical therapy · Psychiatry · Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Nursing · Gerontology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2000 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |