Home
and Community Based Services:
Adult Day Care, Home Care
Research
and Reports
2004
Fletcher
PC, Hirdes JP. Restriction in activity associated with fear of falling
among community-based seniors using home care services. Age Ageing.
2004;33:273-279.
Freedman
VA, Aykan H, Wolf DA, Marcotte JE. Disability and home care dynamics
among older unmarried Americans. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc
Sci. 2004;59:S25-S33.
2003
Schwab TC, Leung KM, Gelb E, Meng YY, Cohn J. Home-and community-based
alternatives to nursing homes: services and costs to maintain nursing
home eligible individuals at home. J Aging Health.
2003;15:353-70.
Wilber KH, Allen D, Shannon GR, Alongi S. Partnering managed care
and community-based services for frail elders: the care advocate
program. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2003;51:807-812.
2002 and earlier
Borrayo
EA, Salmon JR, Polivka L, Dunlop BD. Utilization across the continuum
of long-term care services. Gerontologist. 2002;42:603-612.
Corazzini-Gomez
K. The relative effects of home care client characteristics on the
resource allocation process: Do personality and demeanor matter?
Gerontologist. 2002;42:740-750.
Long-Term
Care: Availability of Medicaid Home and Community Services for Elderly
Individuals Varies Considerably.
Washington, DC: United States General Accounting Offices; 2002.
GAO-02-1121.
Bartlett
BJ. Community-based care should stress nutrition. Nutr Week.
1989;19:4-5.
Christensson
L, Unosson M, Ek A-Ch. Malnutrition in elderly people newly admitted
to a community resident home. J Nutr Health Aging. 1999;3:133-139.
Cluskey
M. A preliminary investigation of the food intake patterns and beliefs
among independent living elderly residents in a continuing care
retirement center. J Nutr Elder. 2001;20(3):29-38.
Gilbride
JA, Lugton B, Arthur E, Helferd J. A survey of nutrition services
for the elderly in New York City home care agencies. J Am Diet
Assoc. 1991;91(suppl):A-78. Abstract.
Gloth
FM, Tobin JD, Smith CE, Meyer JN. Nutrient intakes in a frail homebound
elderly population in the community vs a nursing home population.
J Am Diet Assoc. 1996;96:605-609.
Johnson
MA, Quinn ME, Andress EL, Ramesh M. Nutritional status of older
adults in personal care homes. J Am Diet Assoc. 1999;99(suppl):A-118.
Abstract.
Osterkamp
L. Nutrition management in home health and long term-care: options
in providing special diets for homebound senior citizens. J Nutr
Elder. 2000;19(2):49-55.
Pierce
BP, Sheehan NW, Ferris AM. Older women living in subsidized housing
report low levels of nutrition support. J Am Diet Assoc.
2001;101:251-254.
Posner
BM, Krachenfels MM. Nutrition services in the continuum of health
care. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2000;54 Suppl 3:S148-156.
Ponza
M, et al. National Study of the Adult Component of the Child
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Orlando, FL: 1994 Oct. 19.
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Resources
2003
The Basic Care Guide for Elderly Patients (2003). For professionals, this video
kit includes care essentials such as vital signs, recognizing
and preventing emergencies and care. University of Maryland School
of Medicine. (800) 328-7450. http://www.videopress.org/
2002
and earlier
A
Manual for Nutrition Consultants to Home Care. For professionals,
this manual helps consultants get started in home care,
assists agencies in setting up a nutrition program. Includes sample
contracts, job descriptions, competencies, screening and assessment
forms, suggests consultant services, CQI indicators for home care,
resources and JCAHO standards.
Jackie Gamble, MPH, LDN, RD, 1550 Second St., Suite 3-1, New Orleans,
LA 70130.
Dietetics
Practitioner's Guide to Home Health (2000). For professionals,
this guide addresses basic business skills and background
on home health care, as well as specific guidelines for nutrition
care delivery, quality management, reimbursement, and marketing
nutrition services in this expanding health care environment. Consultant
Dietitians in Health Care Facilities.
(800) 877-1600 ext. 5000
Dietitians
in Home Care. For professionals, this brochure assists
dietitians currently practicing in home care, serves as a marketing
tool for dietitians interested in pursuing home care jobs, and as
an informational piece for home care companies. ADA-Dietitians in
Nutrition Support Dietetic Practice Group #24. (401) 943-9366.
HCBS
Resource Network.
For professionals and consumers, this resource network works
with states, the disability and aging communities, and others who
are committed to high quality consumer-directed services in integrated
settings through cost-effective delivery models.
Health
Management for Older Adults II
Audience: Professionals
Description: Health Management for Older Adults
is a series of six audiocassette tapes designed to target
health professionals in the nursing home, hospital, clinic, and
home health care environments. This program was produced and distributed
by the University of Florida Geriatric Education Center (GEC), in
cooperation with the North Florida Area Health Education Centers
(AHEC) and the Gainesville VA Medical Center Geriatric Research,
Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Spring, 1999.
Contact: University of Florida Geriatric Education
Center
Phone: 352-395-0274
Fax: 352-395-0153
Email: gec@medicine.ufl.edu
Cost: none
Nutrition
Care Alerts for Home Care. For professionals and consumers,
this is a new tool for caregivers in home care identifying
warning signs and action steps for the most common nutrition related
conditions: unintended weight loss, dehydration, pressure ulcers,
and tube feeding complications. Based on the Nutrition Care Alerts
for Nursing Facilities, and adapted specifically for the home care
setting. Nutrition Screening Initiative. (202) 625-1662.
Nutrition
Resource Guide for the Home Health Care Setting. For professionals
and consumers, this manual covers home health care. Nutrition
Resource Group, PO Box 86913, Baton Rouge,
LA 70879.
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Web
Links
Aginghelp.com.
Aginghelp is for the professional serving the older American through
community and in-home services. <www.Aginghelp.com>
American
Association of Homes and Services for the Aging <www.aahsa.org>
National
Association for Home Care <www.NAHC.org>
National
Adult Day Services Association <www.nadsa.org/>
National
Association of Child and Adult Care Food Programs <www.nacacfpp.com>
Programs
of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) <www.NPAonline.org>
