the clearinghouse for Home and Community Based Services
More Info
Home Care Quality: Emerging State Strategies to Deliver Person-Centered Services
02/21/2006 | Requests *Summary
This AARP Public Policy Institute Issue Paper examines the efforts of South Carolina, Washington and Wisconsin to improve home care quality by using a more person-centered approach. The initiatives described in this report point to the significant ongoing efforts that states are using to ensure quality care and support in the home. The challenge for state officials continues to be the creation of quality assurance systems that place consumer needs and goals for quality of life first.
Author
Folkemer, Donna; Coleman, Barbara
Available Files
Keywords
Information Technology; Person Centered Planning; Personal Assistant; home care; care managers; intensive monitoring system; assessment and care plan processes; Family Care Program; “member outcomes”; participant feedback; consumer outcomes
Topic
Consumer/Participant Direction, Quality
Type/Tool
Policy alerts, briefs, letters & papers, Reports
Source
AARP Public Policy Institute
State
South Carolina, Washington, Wisconsin, All States/Territories
Date Created
03/21/2006
Contact
AARP Public Policy Institute (AARP PPI)
ppi@aarp.org
202-434-3840
ppi@aarp.org
202-434-3840
Short URL
Permission to use any element of this document should be obtained by the above named contact person. Always name the originator as the source of this material.
* Reflects requests since January 1, 2007
Options
HCBS / Clearinghouse for the Community Living Exchange Collaborative / (http://www.hcbs.org)