Databook on the Elderly: A Statistical Portrait - Executive Summary
Michele Adler, Suzanne Kitchen, and Albert Irion
June 1987
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A Systematic Comparison of Community Care Demonstrations
Concern about inappropriate nursing home placement and rising long-term care costs led to a series of government-financed demonstrations to study whether substituting care at home for care in nursing homes could reduce costs and improve the quality of life for the frail elderly. Based on the evaluation of these demonstrations, the authors conclude
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National Invitational Conference on Long-Term Care Data Bases: Conference Package
This package--distributed at a national conference held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Washington, D.C. on May 21-22, 1987--was prepared by the Office of Social Services Policy (now the Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy) with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. For additional information, you may visit the DALTCP hom
National Invitational Conference on Long-Term Care Data Bases: Conference Package
Office of Social Services Policy
An Evaluation of the Veterans Administration Housebound and Aid and Attendance Allowance Program
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
An Evaluation of the Veterans Administration Housebound and Aid and Attendance Allowance Program
John M. Grana, Ph.D., and Sandra M. Yamashiro, M.P.A.
Project HOPE, Center for Health Affairs
April 15, 1987
PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/vahbap.pdf (152 PDF pag
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An Evaluation of the Veterans Administration Housebound and Aid and Attendance Allowance Program
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
An Evaluation of the Veterans Administration Housebound and Aid and Attendance Allowance Program
This project had two major goals: (1) To describe the workings of a successful, large-scale, case disability allowance program from an administrative perspective. The Veterans Administration (VA) allowance program is described in detail, to provide a benchmark for future research and program design. (2) To examine the question whether recipients o
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Report to Congress on Identifying Individuals at Risk of Institutionalization
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Report to Congress on Identifying Individuals at Risk of Institutionalization
December 1986
PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/1986/rptcong.pdf (47 PDF pages)
rptcong.pdf
Report to Congress on Identifying Individuals at Risk of Institutionalization
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Report to Congress on Identifying Individuals at Risk of Institutionalization
This report to Congress responds to a mandate of the Orphan Drug Act (P.L.97-414, January 4, 1983), which called for the Secretary of HHS to conduct demonstration projects to test methods for identifying individuals at risk of institutional placement who could be treated more cost-effectively with home health and other non-institutional services.
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Report to the Secretary on Private Financing of Long-Term Care for the Elderly
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Report to the Secretary on Private Financing of Long-Term Care for the Elderly
Technical Work Group on Private Financing of Long-Term Care for the Elderly
November 1986
PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/pfltce.pdf (243 PDF pages)
pfltce.pdf
Report to the Secretary on Private Financing of Long-Term Care for the Elderly
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Report to the Secretary on Private Financing of Long-Term Care for the Elderly
The purposes of this report is to: describe the characteristics of elderly people who need long-term care and how these characteristics will change over time; assess the potential of private financing mechanisms to lessen the catastrophic impact of nursing home and home care expenses which can wipe out individual and family savings; develop action
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