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Newcomer, Robert J.; Kang, Taewoon; Doty, Pamela – Gerontologist, 2012
Purpose of the Study: Medicaid service use and expenditure and quality of care outcomes in California's personal care program known as In-Home Supportive Service (IHSS) are described. Analyses investigated Medicaid expenditures, hospital use, and nursing home stays, comparing recipients who have paid spouse caregivers with those having other…
Descriptors: Spouses, Caregivers, Nursing Homes, Expenditures
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Kim, Hongsoo; Harrington, Charlene; Greene, William H. – Gerontologist, 2009
Purpose: To examine the relationship between registered nurse (RN) staffing mix and quality of nursing home care measured by regulatory violations. Design and Methods: A retrospective panel data study (1999-2003) of 2 groups of California freestanding nursing homes. One group was 201 nursing homes that consistently met the state's minimum standard…
Descriptors: Nurses, Nursing Homes, Standards, Nursing
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Ambrogi, Donna Myers; Leonard, Frances – Gerontologist, 1988
Statistical and legal analysis of California nursing home admission agreements indicated that agreements limited autonomy of nursing home residents in important ways, including constraints on resident's right to make health care decisions and other basic personal choices, entitlement to due process or grievance procedures, and right to informed…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Institutionalized Persons, Nursing Homes, Older Adults