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| Older adults who seek care in the home | | Author(s) | Frances Wilby, Cathy Chambless |
| Journal title | Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, vol 13, no 2, 2012 |
| Publisher | Emerald, 2012 |
| Pages | pp 89-97 |
| Source | www.emeraldinsight.com/qaoa.htm |
| Keywords | Home care services ; Community care ; Poor elderly ; Quantitative studies ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Area Agencies on Aging (AAA) are a nationwide network that administers home- and community-based services (HCBS) monies in the United States. Following assessment to determine their needs, the AAA may refer individuals to programmes which offer support to keep medically needy lower income older adults independent in their homes and communities. This study aimed to identify the characteristics of the older adults who applied for services through an AAA, and to determine the conditions that resulted in referral to the state-funded Home and Community Based Alternatives Program (Alternatives) or the Medicaid Aging Waiver (Waiver) programme. The study used quantitative data from an existing database of older adults who sought home and community based services from Mountainlands AAA, Utah. The sample was 260 adults aged 65+ who had completed a phone screening for HCBS in 2006-2007. The results suggest that, although most of the sample lived at or near poverty levels, higher monthly income and living alone predicted referral to the Alternatives programme, whereas greater need for assistance with bathing and performing heavy housework were the primary determinants of referral to the Medicaid Waiver programme. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170616227 A |
| Classmark | NH: PA: F:W6: 3DQ: 7T |
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