Premium
Home and Community‐Based Medicaid Options for Dependent Older Floridians
Author(s) -
Golden Adam G.,
Roos Bernard A.,
Silverman Michael A.,
Beers Mark H.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02668.x
Subject(s) - medicaid , medicine , long term care , waiver , population , residence , gerontology , nursing , assisted living , nursing homes , case management , health care , economic growth , environmental health , demography , sociology , political science , law , economics
In an era of widespread state budget constraints, Florida has been increasingly challenged to provide long‐term care services to a growing population of older dependent persons. The high costs of nursing home care have led the state to implement care management alternatives that offer potential for cost savings along with greater consumer satisfaction through maintenance of community residence. Although these alternative care approaches represent important opportunities to contain costs, it is equally important that professional care providers and policymakers understand how such programs operate. Here the Florida experience with eight home and community‐based waiver models, in addition to the Program of All‐Inclusive Care for the Elderly, are summarized and a comparative analysis offered that may enlighten the efforts of other states to establish cost‐effective and attractive care management models.