State commitment to home and community-based services: Effects on independent living for older unmarried women

Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-18

  Burr, Jeffrey A ^a   Mutchler, Jan E ^a   Warren, Jennifer Pilcher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Home and community based care; Maintaining independence; Unmarried older women

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; WELFARE PROVISION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FRAIL ELDERLY; GOVERNMENT; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONG-TERM CARE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SINGLE PERSON; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE GOVERNMENT;

EID: 17244375495     PISSN: 08959420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J031v17n01_01     Document Type: Article

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