The Cost of Care Index: A Case Management Tool for Screening Informal Care Providers.

Kosberg, Jordan I.; Cairl, Richard E.

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Publication Date: 1986

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The Cost of Care Index: A Case Management Tool for Screening Informal Care Providers.

Kosberg, Jordan I.; Cairl, Richard E.

Gerontologist, v26 n3 p273-78 Jun 1986

The Cost of Care Index (CCI) has been developed as a case management tool to assist professionals in family assessments and to identify actual or perceived problem areas of families in the care of elderly relatives. The 20-item CCI focuses upon five dimensions related to family care of the elderly. (Author/ABB)

Descriptors: Cost Estimates, Family Relationship, Financial Problems, Helping Relationship, Home Health Aides, Identification, Medical Care Evaluation, Medical Services, Needs Assessment, Older Adults, Screening Tests

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Language: English

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