A Five-Year History of Targeting Home CareServices to Prevent Institutionalization
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- 1 August 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Gerontologist
- Vol. 24 (4) , 387-391
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/24.4.387
Abstract
The Massachusetts Home Care Corporation network, which has increased dramatically in size since 1975, has the expressed goal of providing alternatives to institutional long-term care. This investigation confirms that home-based support service can be targeted to selected subgroups, that targeting can be maintained over a period as long as 5 years, and that the recipients of these home support services are indeed the individuals who exhibit risk factors of institutionalization in Massachusetts.Keywords
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