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Peer reviewedWillis, David C. – Social Work, 1984
Discusses problems of purchase of social services. Reviews literature concerned with cost and quality, including a study of participant satisfaction and cost effectiveness of homemaker services in Utah. (JAC)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems, Financial Support, Participant Satisfaction
Peer reviewedJette, Alan M.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1981
Describes a diversified approach to delivering home care to vulnerable older people. This pilot program, funded by the Massachusetts Department of Elder Affairs, attempted to reduce the demand for scarce homemaker services. Results suggest homecare diversification did not alter consumer satisfaction but increased manager time. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Daily Living Skills, Delivery Systems, Gerontology
Illinois State Dept. on Aging, Springfield. – 1987
This document contains Phase I of the Illinois Department on Aging Human Services Plan for Fiscal Years 1986-1988. It describes planning efforts related to past, current, and future service delivery systems for Illinois' aging services network. The introduction describes the Department on Aging's programs and the service network within which they…
Descriptors: Administration, Aging (Individuals), Community Services, Delivery Systems
PDF pending restorationNational Council on the Handicapped, Washington, DC. – 1986
Federal legislation and programs affecting personal assistance services for persons with disabilities are examined. Personal assistance services may be provided for activities of daily living, communication, cognitive tasks, or mobility, depending on the needs of the individual. The population in need of attendant services has increased with…
Descriptors: Attendants, Community Programs, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Illinois State Dept. on Aging, Springfield. – 1987
This document describes Illinois' Community Care Program (CCP), a program which provides chore housekeeping, homemaker, and adult day care services to older persons who cannot perform some tasks basic of everyday life without assistance, in order to help them live independently. Case management, information and referral, and nursing home…
Descriptors: Adult Day Care, Cleaning, Community Services, Daily Living Skills
Download full textLitvak, Simi; And Others – 1987
Data were gathered from 154 U.S. programs providing personal assistance services for the disabled. The survey identified approximately 850,000 people receiving community-based, publicly-funded personal maintenance, hygiene, mobility, or household assistance services, with physically disabled individuals being the most often served. The report…
Descriptors: Adult Day Care, Attendants, Daily Living Skills, Delivery Systems
Litvak, Simi; And Others – 1987
This executive summary reviews results of a survey of 154 publicly-funded programs providing personal assistance services to disabled individuals. Introductory chapters identify the need for a national personal assistance program and policy, the concept of personal assistance and attendant services, the potential user population, and U.S. sources…
Descriptors: Adult Day Care, Attendants, Daily Living Skills, Delivery Systems
