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Resilience of Community-Dwelling Older Persons

February 1, 2004 | Journal Article

While geriatric research has traditionally focused on the diseases and disabilities of old age, recent attention has focused on maintaining well-being. Resilience - defined as the capacity to remain well, recover, or even thrive in the face of adver ...

Self-Rated Current and Future Health Independently Predict Subsequent Mortality in an Aging Population

December 1, 2007 | Journal Article

Previous studies have shown that self-assessment of future health is a robust predictor of mortality in older adults. This study examines the relationship between 10-year mortality and three self-rated health measures in an aging cohort—current health, health one year in the future and a combined measure of current and future health.

Connecticut Self-Determination for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Pilot Takes Off with "Support Broker" for Mentally Retarded

January 31, 2004 | Program Result

The Connecticut Department of Mental Retardation implemented a pilot project to make changes to its service delivery system to enable persons with mental retardation to choose the services they receive and the setting in which they wish to live.

Organization Promotes Self-Determination for People with Disabilities Through Its Regional Affiliates

June 30, 2001 | Program Result

SABE fostered collaboration among representatives from its nine regional affiliates, allowing them to share lessons learned in promoting self-determination and in using self-determination as a principle to reform state policy.

Cash & Counseling

August 1, 2007 | Evaluation

This report summarizes the findings from five years of research by Mathematica Policy Research, on how each of the three demonstration states (Arkansas, Florida and New Jersey) implemented its program, and on how the programs have affected the consumers who participated, the consumers' paid and unpaid caregivers, and the costs to Medicaid.

Independent Choices: Enhancing Consumer Direction for People with Disabilities

June 1, 2004 | Program Result

Independent Choices: Enhancing Consumer Direction for People with Disabilities was designed to foster the development of consumer-directed home and community-based services for people of all ages with chronic disabilities.

Independent Housing is Cost-Effective for People Who Have Chronic Mental Illnesses

June 1, 2003 | Program Result

Investigators at the Johns Hopkins University Institute for Policy Studies examined the relative cost-effectiveness of different housing configurations for people with chronic mental illness. They also looked at the relationship between housing and neighborhood features and client outcomes (such as costs of care and length of time at one residence).

Cash & Counseling

National Program

Cash & Counseling is a voluntary and market-based and solution that helps our elderly population plan and budget the services they want and require.

Community Partnerships for Older Adults

National Program

To foster the efforts of local public-private partnerships to improve long-term care and supportive services systems for older adults.

New State Strategies to Meet Long-Term Care Needs

January 1, 2010 | Journal Article

Consumer-directed long-term care service programs give participants the flexibility they want, while reducing unmet need for home and community-based services and supports. Their experiences offer valuable insights, guidance and encouragement to other states contemplating consumer-directed service expansions.

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