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A Report on the Increased Payment Rates for HCBS for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Carli Friedman – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2023
Recognizing the crisis the COVID-19 pandemic represents to the Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) service system and the health, safety, and quality of life of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), states temporarily amended their HCBS programs to strengthen service delivery. States are able to temporarily amend…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
The Impact of Emergency Pandemic HCBS Funding on the Continuity and Security of People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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Carli Friedman – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
This study's aim was to examine the impact of pandemic emergency Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) payments on the continuity and security of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Using a multilevel logistic regression, we analyzed secondary Personal Outcome Measures interviews from 738 people with IDD (March 2020…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Pandemics, COVID-19
Service and Non-Service Expenditures in a State Aging Program.
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Branch, Laurence G.; Branch, Paul R. – Gerontologist, 1983
Estimates the proportion of service and nonservice expenditures within a state aging department. In Massachusetts the ratio was $0.70 to $0.30 (service to nonservice) both for the state's Home Care Programs and for all activities. (JAC)
Descriptors: Gerontology, Home Programs, Older Adults, Program Costs
The Feasibility of Public Payments for Family Caregiving.
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Arling, Greg; McAuley, William J. – Gerontologist, 1983
Draws on two studies of the impaired elderly (N=332) to address the potential impact of public payments to persons providing in-home care for the impaired elderly. Findings suggest family members are heavily involved in support for the elderly and institutionalization is most often the result of nonfinancial factors. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Family Programs, Financial Support, Geriatrics