In:
Care Management Journals, Springer Publishing Company, Vol. 1, No. 3 ( 1999-01), p. 181-187
Abstract:
Low-income older adults have historically received institutionally based care when they were unable to care for themselves and there was a lack of sufficient formal and informal support to allow them to remain in their own homes. In 1981, revision of federal Medicaid legislation permitted states to provide home-and community-based services (HCBS) for older adults at risk of nursing facility placement in an attempt to prevent unnecessary placement and to offer choice. However, Medic-aid-HCBS applicants may have to wait up to 45 days or longer for approval of their financial application. During those 45 days, the applicant may enter a nursing facility because Medicaid-HCBS was not available soon enough to prevent placement. This article presents research on an instrument to help case managers initiate community-based in-home services for the lowest-income Medicaid applicants within 3 to 5 days of initial assessment.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1521-0987
,
1938-9019
DOI:
10.1891/1521-0987.1.3.181
Language:
English
Publisher:
Springer Publishing Company
Publication Date:
1999