Older Adults' Reports of Formal Care Hours and Administrative Records
Author(s) -
Steven M. Albert,
Andrea Brassard,
Bridget Simone,
Yaakov Stern
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
the gerontologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1758-5341
pISSN - 0016-9013
DOI - 10.1093/geront/44.2.186
Subject(s) - respondent , medicaid , personal care , medicine , family medicine , population , sample (material) , activities of daily living , gerontology , health care , environmental health , psychiatry , chemistry , chromatography , political science , law , economics , economic growth
Personal assistance care is a Medicaid benefit in New York, but few data are available on its prevalence and contribution to home care. We examined these issues in a New York City sample by assessing older adults' reports of weekly home care hours and Medicaid billing records.
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