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Disability Among Women on AFDC: An Issue Revisited
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Disability Among Women on AFDC: An Issue Revisited Michele Adler Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 1993 PDF Version (12 PDF pages)
Policy Synthesis on Assisted Living for the Frail Elderly: Final Report
Barbara Manard, William Altman, Nancy Bray, Lisa Kane and Andrea Zeuschner
Lewin-VHI, Inc.
December 16, 1992
This report was prepared under contract #HHS-100-89-0032 between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy (DALTCP) and the Lewin Group. For additional information about the study, you may visit the DALTCP home page…
Federal Disability Data: Creating a Structure in the 1990s to Further the Goals of the ADA
Landmark legislation has the power to change people's lives for many years to come. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), signed into law on July 26, 1990, is landmark legislation for Americans with disabilities. The four goals of the ADA equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency are broad in scope and bold in nature.
Federal Disability Data: Creating a Structure in the 1990s to Further the Goals of the ADA
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Federal Disability Data: Creating A Structure in the 1990s to Further the Goals of the ADA Michele Adler HHS Office of Family, Community and Long-Term Care Policy December 8, 1992 PDF Version
Comprehensive Service Integration Programs for At-Risk Youth
COMPREHENSIVE SERVICE INTEGRATION PROGRAMS FOR AT-RISK YOUTH By Martha R. Burt, Gary Resnick and Nancy Matheson The Urban Institute December 7, 1992 For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Cost of Teenage Childbearing: Current Trends
ASPE Research Notes INFORMATION FOR DECISION MAKERS FOCUS ON: Teen Births Issued August 1992 Cost of Teenage Childbearing: Current Trends PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/1992/rn03.pdf (5 PDF pages)
Cost of Teenage Childbearing: Current Trends
This article discusses the cost of teenage childbearing as estimated by the Center for Population Options (CPO). The single-year cost for all families originating from a teen birth is estimated at approximately $25 billion in 1990, up from $16.6 billion in 1985. The rapid increase in expenditures related to adolescent childbearing is considered a function of increases in medical care costs,…
Barriers to Self-Sufficiency and Avenues to Success Among Teenage Mothers
Submitted to: U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesAssistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) Rm. 404E, HHH Bldg. 200 Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC 20201 Project Officer: Reuben Snipper (reuben.snipper@hhs.gov), Ph.D.
Intensive Foster Care Reunification Programs
By Ariel Ahart, Ruth Bruer, Carolyn Rutsch, Richard Schmidt, and Susan Zaro. Macro International, Inc. For the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation U.S. Department of Health and Human Services EXECUTIVE SUMMARY I. The Social and Policy Context A. The Family Reunification Problem
Long-Term Care and Disability Research: 1989-1992
This booklet of long-term care and disability research has been prepared by the Division of Long-Term Care and Aging Policy, Office of Family, Community and Long-Term Care Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. It summarizes the results of the Division's research projects from 1989 through the present and highlights future plans. The role of research within the…
Assistive Technology for the Frail Elderly: An Introduction and Overview
This paper, prepared by a DALTCP student intern, provides an overview of assistive technology for the frail elderly. According to the Office of Technology Assessment, in 1985 there were over 18,000 devices available to aid the functionally impaired elderly. The number has grown since then. The devices range in sophistication from a modified eating utensil to computerized voice simulators. The…
Assistive Technology for the Frail Elderly: An Introduction and Overview
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Assistive Technology for the Frail Elderly: An Introduction and Overview Robert Elliot University of Pennsylvania August 15, 1991 Revised April 28, 1992 PDF Version (19 PDF pages)
Literature Review
The Systematic Review: An Innovative Approach to Reviewing Research
Standard research literature reviews are the usual means of summing up and interpreting the accumulated findings of research studies in a given research field. Review results generally serve as the best guide for further research. Review results can also provide an up-to-date description of the strengths, weaknesses, and findings in a research field, and, therefore, can be used to inform makers…
Literature Review
The Systematic Review: An Innovative Approach to Reviewing Research
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services The Systematic Review: An Innovative Approach to Reviewing Research David B. Larson, Lori E. Pastro, John S. Lyons and Edward Anthony Office of Family, Community and Long-Term Care Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services April 14, 1992 PDF Version (10 PDF pages)
Estimating Eligibility for Publicly-Financed Home Care: Not a Simple Task..
A number of proposals have been advanced to establish a uniform home care benefit for the frail elderly. Measures of disability using the Activities of Daily Living (ADL) have been used to estimate the numbers of persons potentially eligible under such proposals. This article shows that, even with a common approach to eligibility based on ADLs, the estimates from national surveys vary widely…
Number of Medicaid Recipients Up: CPS Shows the Number of Uninsured Also Rises
The number of persons with no health insurance coverage rose by 4% between 1989 and 1990, while the number with insurance rose less than 1%. The increase in insurance coverage was due primarily to increases in Medicaid coverage for children under 15. In addition, Medicare coverage extended to an additional 800,000 persons during the year, representing an increase in the elderly population, but…
Estimating Eligibility for Publicly-Financed Home Care: Not a Simple Task..
ASPE Research Notes INFORMATION FOR DECISION MAKERS FOCUS ON: Long-Term Care Issued April 1992 Estimating Eligibility for Publicly-Financed Home Care: Not a Simple Task... PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/1992/rn01.pdf (5 PDF pages)
Number of Medicaid Recipients Up: CPS Shows the Number of Uninsured Also Rises
The March 1991 Current Population Survey (CPS) shows that the number of uninsured persons was 34.7 million in 1990, up 1.3 million from 33.4 million in 1989 (Table 1) and up 3.7 million from 31.0 million in 1987 (not shown in the table).1 At the same time, the total number of insured persons also rose by 1.4 million from 212.8 million in 1989 to 214.2 million in 1990, largely because of growing…
The National Long-Term Care Surveys (1982, 1984, 1989)
The 1982 and 1984 National Long-Term Care Surveys (NLTCS) are household surveys of functionally impaired Medicare beneficiaries age 65+. The 1989 NTLCS is a resurveying of this population. The surveys have been a joint venture of several agencies: the Census Bureau collects the data from impaired elderly; the National Opinion Research Center surveyed the informal caregivers; and such agencies as…