Consolidating Community-Based Long-Term Care: Early Returns from the On Lok Demonstration

Abstract
This paper focuses on a long-term care approach which differs both from traditional responses and brokerage or channeling initiatives. On Lok has assumed responsibility for providing all services needed by a functionally dependent adult population, qualified and officially state certified for long-term care institutional placement. Based on the first twoyears of operation, descriptive data on the service system, its development, participantsserved, services given, and costs are presented and interpreted. Feasibility and consumeracceptability of this approach are discussed.

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