CHANGES IN THE USE OF PERSONAL ASSISTANCE AND SPECIAL EQUIPMENT FROM 1982 TO 1989 - RESULTS FROM THE 1982 AND 1989 NLTCS

被引:97
作者
MANTON, KG
CORDER, L
STALLARD, E
机构
[1] Center for Demographic Studies Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708-0408, 2117 Campus Drive
关键词
CHRONICALLY DISABLED; LONG-TERM CARE; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING;
D O I
10.1093/geront/33.2.168
中图分类号
R4 [临床医学]; R592 [老年病学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100203 ; 100602 ;
摘要
Analysis of data from the 1982, 1984 and 1989 National Long-Term Care Surveys suggests that long-term care use is changing. Between 1982 and 1 989, equipment use by persons with light physical impairment, or to supplement personal assistance for the severely disabled, increased. Over this same period, there was a decline in the use of personal assistance as the sole modality to deal with chronic impairments. Since equipment costs are nonrecurrent, whereas personal assistance costs are recurrent, this finding has implications for long-term care policy.
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页码:168 / 176
页数:9
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