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| A survey of the unmet needs of homebound elders | | Author(s) | Linda Vinton, Judith Altholz, Myra Marcus |
| Journal title | Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 27, no 4, 1997 |
| Pages | pp 69-83 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Housebound ; Needs [elderly] ; Drugs ; Medical care ; Nursing homes ; Grant allocation ; Social policy ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | In conjunction with the 1995 White House Conference on Aging (WHCoA), the authors conducted a study of 917 housebound older people in one US state, to determine whether medications and medical care were always affordable and accessible, and how nursing home care would be paid for if needed. For more than two-fifths of the sample, paying for physicians' services and medications, as well as finding reliable transport was problematic at times. A similar proportion did not know where they would turn for assistance if family and friends were unavailable. Although Medicare only pays for up to 100 days under certain circumstances, more than half of the sample projected that Medicare would pay for nursing home care if it is needed. The authors conclude by discussing the WHCoA resolutions and resulting social policy implications. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980219226 A |
| Classmark | C6: IK: LLD: LK: LHB: QCG: TM2: 3F: 7T |
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