Age, Consumer Direction, and Outcomes of Supportive Services at Home

Consumer-Directed Home and Community Services

Consumer-Directed Home and Community Services Programs in Five Countries

The Urban Institute gratefully acknowledges financial support for this research from the Commonwealth Fund, a New York-based foundation. The authors wish to thank the many respondents in the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, and Austria who provided the information for this paper. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and should not be attributed to the Urban...

Consumer-directed services at home: a new model for persons with disabilities.

The past decade has produced a wave of new state programs that have introduced consumer direction into home-based services for persons with chronic impairments. Building upon earlier models developed for younger adults with physical disabilities, consumer-directed models are now being adapted to recipients of all ages with federal, state, and foundation support. These models shift responsibilit...

Reducing nursing home use through consumer-directed personal care services.

CONTEXT Personal care services (PCS) are intended to enable beneficiaries with physical or cognitive impairments to live safely at home rather than in nursing facilities. The quality and flexibility of these services, typically provided by home care agencies, may not be sufficient to allow some beneficiaries to continue living at home. OBJECTIVE We sought to test whether consumer direction of...

Effect of Developmental Care on Preterm Neonates’ Neurodevelopmental Outcomes at 12 Months of Age

Background: Premature birth and subsequent admission to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) may impair the neurodevelopment of neonates. The present study aimed to determine the effect of developmental care on neurodevelopmental outcomes of newborns.Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 105 premature neonates (in three groups of 35 newborns). The control group receiv...