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Consumer-Directed Supports: Economic, Health, and Social Outcomes for Families

12/19/2006 | Requests *

Summary

Explore the impact of consumer-directed support on the economic, health, and social outcomes between families enrolled in the program and those on a waiting list. Caregivers reported fewer out-of-pocket disability expenses, greater access to health care, engagement in more social activities, and greater leisure satisfaction. There also appeared to be greater impacts on lower income families; these caregivers reported better mental health and access to health care than did the waiting list group.

Author

Caldwell, Joe

Available Files

Article PDF (96K, 13 pages)

Keywords

empirically evaluated outcomes of consumer-directed supports; Illinois Home Based Support Services Program (HBSSP);

Topic

Consumer Direction, Developmental/Psychiatric Disabilities

Type/Tool

Data, Reports, Research abstracts

Source

RRTC on Aging with Developmental Disabilities; American Association on Mental Retardation

State

Illinois, All States/Territories

Date Created

12/19/2006

Contact

Joe Caldwell
RRTC on Aging with Developmental Disabilities
University of Illinois at Chicago

jcaldw3@uic.edu

Short URL

www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/doc/1755

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