Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
J Aging Health. 2014 Mar;26(2):250-60. doi: 10.1177/0898264313513611. Epub 2013 Dec 10.
The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between supportive services provided under Title III-B of the Older Americans Act (OAA) and the prevalence of low-care residents in nursing homes (NHs).
State Program Reports (state-level expenditure and utilization data for each OAA service) and NH facility-level data were analyzed using a two-way fixed effects model.
Results suggest that every additional 1% of the population age 65+ that receives personal care services is associated with a 0.8% decrease in the proportion of low-care residents in NHs.
Despite efforts to rebalance long-term care, there are still many NH residents who have the functional capacity to live in a less restrictive environment. This is among the first studies to suggest that states that have invested in their in-home supportive services, particularly personal care services provided through the OAA, have proportionally fewer of these people.
本研究旨在探讨《美国老年人法案》(OAA)第三篇 B 节下提供的支持性服务与疗养院(NH)中低护理居民的患病率之间的关系。
采用双向固定效应模型分析州计划报告(针对每个 OAA 服务的州级支出和利用数据)和 NH 设施层面的数据。
结果表明,每增加 1%接受个人护理服务的 65 岁及以上人口,NH 中低护理居民的比例就会降低 0.8%。
尽管努力重新平衡长期护理,但仍有许多 NH 居民具有在限制较少的环境中生活的功能能力。这是第一项表明在家庭支持性服务(特别是通过 OAA 提供的个人护理服务)方面进行投资的州,其比例较低的研究之一。