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Parents' Child Care Preferences: Patterns among Welfare Mothers
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Parents' Child Care Preferences: Patterns among Welfare Mothers Freya L. Sonenstein and Douglas A. Wolf The Urban Institute May 1990 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/ccpref.pdf ( PDF pages)
U.S. Long-Term Care Financing in Comparative International Perspective: Old Myths, New Ideas
This paper was presented at the National Council on Aging Annual Meeting, April 1990. As the U.S. debates reform of long-term care financing, examining other countries' approaches to long-term care for the elderly can help expand the range of reform options for consideration. To draw useful lessons from other countries' experiences, however, preconceived notions must first be re-examined about…
U.S. Long-Term Care Financing in Comparative International Perspective: Old Myths, New Ideas
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services U.S. Long-Term Care Financing in Comparative International Perspective: Old Myths, New Ideas Pamela Doty, Ph.D. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation April 1990 PDF Version
Head Start: What Do We Know About What Works?
Head Start programs provide comprehensive child development, educational, health, nutritional, social and other services to predominantly low income preschool children and their families. In recognition of the important role parents play in their child's development, Head Start programs are required to provide for the direct participation of parents in the development, conduct and direction of…
Head Start: What Do We Know About What Works?
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Head Start: What Do We Know About What Works? Sharon M. McGroder Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and EvaluationU.S. Department of Health and Human Services March 29, 1990 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/headstar.pdf (24 PDF pages)
A Labor Force Profile of Persons with Disabilities - Executive Summary
Alberto Martini Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. This report was prepared under contract #HHS-88-0047 between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Mathematica Policy Research. SysteMetrics/McGraw-Hill was a subcontractor for the project. For additional information about the study, you may visit the DALTCP home page at http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/home.htm or contact the…
Design for a National Survey of Persons with Developmental Disabilities
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Factors Associated with Ending Caregiving Among Informal Caregivers to the Functionally and Cognitively Impaired Elderly Population
This study investigated factors associated with the decisions of principal informal caregivers of the activity of daily living (ADL) dependent elderly living in the community to end caregiving. Data were from the 1982 National Long-Term Care Survey (NLTCS), the 1982 Informal Caregiver Survey and 1984 NLTCS Longitudinal Follow-up.
Factors Associated with Ending Caregiving Among Informal Caregivers to the Functionally and Cognitively Impaired Elderly Population
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Factors Associated with Ending Caregiving Among Informal Caregivers to the Functionally and Cognitively Impaired Elderly Population Judith D. Kasper, Ulrike Steinbach and Jane Andrews Johns Hopkins University February 1990 PDF Version
Recent Changes in Service Use Patterns of Disabled Medicare Beneficiaries
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Recent Changes in Service Use Patterns of Disabled Medicare Beneficiaries
Kenneth G. Manton, Ph.D.Duke University
Korbin Liu, SC.D.Urban Institute
1990
PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/finales.pdf (39 PDF pages)
Federal Programs for Persons with Disabilities
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Federal Programs for Persons with Disabilities Brian O. Burwell, Bonnie Preston, and Sarah Bailey Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. January 1990 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/task2es.pdf (143 PDF pages)
Dispelling Some Myths: A Comparison of Long-Term Care Financing in the U.S. and Other Nations
This article compares the organization and financing of long-term care for the elderly in the U.S. with that of other advanced industrial countries. While the article is based largely on the author's own research, including studies carried out from 1983 to 1986 under the auspices of the International Social Security Association and during 1987 and 1988 for the Organization for Economic…
Recent Changes in Service Use Patterns of Disabled Medicare Beneficiaries
An analysis was made of the pre and post-patterns of Medicare Part A service use using the samples of the 1982 and 1984 National Long-Term Care Surveys linked to the Medicare Part A bill files and mortality reports. The analysis was conducted both for the total elderly Medicare beneficiary population and for the community resident disabled population a group felt to be particularly…
Federal Programs for Persons with Disabilities
This report provides an overview of the major federal assistance programs targeted on non-elderly persons with disabilities. Program descriptions include expenditures, trends, the number and characteristics of recipients, eligibility rules, recent program history and legislative changes, and interactions with other federal programs.
Characteristics of Persons with Developmental Disabilities: Evidence from the Survey of Income and Program Participation
In spite of the growth in federal programs affecting the developmentally disabled, there is little comprehensive information about this population. The Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) is one available source of information. SIPP is a nationally representative longitudinal survey of the adult civilian non-institutionalized population in the U.S. One topical module in the 1984…
Measuring the Activities of Daily Living: Comparisons Across National Surveys
The activities of daily living (ADLs) are the basic tasks of everyday life. Reported estimates of the size of the elderly population with ADL disabilities differ substantially across national surveys. Differences in which ADL items are being measured and in what constitutes a disability account for much of the variation. Other likely explanations are differences in sample design, sample size,…
Dispelling Some Myths: A Comparison of Long-Term Care Financing in the U.S. and Other Nations
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Dispelling Some Myths: A Comparison of Long-Term Care Financing in the U.S. and Other Nations Pamela Doty 1990 PDF Version
Characteristics of Persons with Developmental Disabilities: Evidence from the Survey of Income and Program Participation
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Characteristics of Persons with Developmental Disabilities: Evidence from the Survey of Income and Program Participation Craig Thornton Mathematic Policy Research, Inc. January 1990 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/charctes.pdf (32 PDF pages)
Measuring the Activities of Daily Living: Comparisons Across National Surveys
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Measuring the Activities of Daily Living: Comparisons Across National Surveys Joshua M. Wiener and Raymond J. HanleyThe Brookings Institution Robert Clark and Joan F. Van NostrandU.S. Department of Health and Human Services 1990 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/meacmpes.pdf (22 PDF pages)
Persons With Mental Retardation and Related Conditions in Mental Retardation Facilities: Selected Findings From the 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey
This report presents selected statistics gathered on residential facilities designated as mental retardation facilities and their residents as part of the 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey Institutional Population Component (NMES/IPC). In addition to presenting a general background and overview of NMES the design of NMES/IPC, data available from it, limitations evident within its…