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Service selection: concordance between Alzheimer's disease diagnostic and treatment center clients' choices and program staff recommendations
Author(s)Shawn Damon Ginther, Patrick J Fox, Susan E Humphers-Ginther
Journal titleJournal of Applied Gerontology, vol 16, no 3, September 1997
Pagespp 285-297
KeywordsDementia ; Living in the community ; Needs [elderly] ; Family care ; Personnel ; United States of America.
AnnotationService choices of Alzheimer's Disease Diagnostic and Treatment Centers (ADDTC) members and ADDTC professional staff were compared in this US study. Results suggest that community-dwelling persons with Alzheimer's disease were not high service consumers, and ADDTC staff generally agreed with their service choices. Limited discordance noted pertained to recommended decreases in domestic assistance, senior centre, meals, transport, and home health use; and suggested increases in psychiatric service, case management, and adult day care use. Findings confirm the high degree of informal care of patients with dementia and the reluctance or inability of patients and caregivers to use formal services. Results also indicate that as ADDTC-like programmes proliferate, long-term care costs may remain unchanged because patients and caregivers may already know what formal care they need and want. (AKM).
Accession NumberCPA-981015229 A
ClassmarkEA: K4: IK: P6:SJ: QM: 7T

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