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| Age, consumer direction and outcomes of supportive services at home | | Author(s) | A E Benjamin, Ruth E Matthias |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 41, no 5, October 2001 |
| Pages | pp 632-642 |
| Keywords | Domiciliary services ; Consumer ; Age groups [elderly] ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Supportive services at home are essential for older people with severe chronic impairments. Newer "consumer directed" models of organising home-based services rely heavily on service recipients rather than home care agencies to arrange and direct care at home. In this study, a random sample of 1,095 recipients of In-Home Supportive Services in California was interviewed by phone; those with severe cognitive impairment were excluded. Although younger recipients embrace self-direction more enthusiastically than older ones, age differences are small on most service outcomes. On average, older users embrace this model and manage within it much like younger users. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-011129214 A |
| Classmark | N: WY: BB: 3F: 7T |
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