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Use of adult day services and home health care services by older adults: a comparative analysis — a comparative analysis
Author(s)	Holly I Dabelko, Shantha Balaswamy
Journal title	Home Health Care Services Quarterly, vol 18, no 3, 2000
Pages	pp 65-80
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Day services ; Therapeutic services [domiciliary] ; Home nursing ; Usage [services] ; Comparison ; United States of America.
Annotation	This study compares adult day services (ADS) and home health care (HHC) users on the indicators of personal characteristics, physical health, mental health and social network contacts. Analysis includes all 62 reported ADS uses and a random sample of 91 HHC users from the US Longitudinal Study of Aging (LSOA). Results indicate that ADS users are younger, have greater cognitive impairment, need more supervisory assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs), and have more social contacts than HHC users. The findings also underscore the importance of emphasizing the functional and cognitive limitations in differentiating home and community based services. Instead of exclusively focusing on physical needs, the authors suggest strategies that ensure integrated care models to address physical, mental and social needs of older people in both settings. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010214217 A
Classmark	NM: N3: N4: QLD: 48: 7T
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