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Download full textCaro, Francis G. – 1982
Several conventional approaches to conceptualization and the measurement of objectives in publicly funded, long-term home care for the non-institutionalized elderly are reviewed critically. The formulation of objectives which focus on immediate, desired consequences of services, and lend themselves to behavioral measurement, is proposed. The…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Family Programs, Family Role, Gerontology
Peer reviewedArling, Greg; McAuley, William J. – Gerontologist, 1983
Draws on two studies of the impaired elderly (N=332) to address the potential impact of public payments to persons providing in-home care for the impaired elderly. Findings suggest family members are heavily involved in support for the elderly and institutionalization is most often the result of nonfinancial factors. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Family Programs, Financial Support, Geriatrics
