Home Care Research: What Does It Tell Us?.

Chappell, Neena L.

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ERIC Number: EJ477207

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1994

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Home Care Research: What Does It Tell Us?

Chappell, Neena L.

Gerontologist, v34 n1 p116-20 Feb 1994

Assesses applied relevance of research on home care, reviewing literature on predictors of use of home care services, experience of receiving home care, and efficacy studies. Notes that efficacy studies have not concluded that home care is less costly or better for quality of life of older adults when compared with institutional care. (Author/NB)

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Home Programs, Human Services, Models, Older Adults, Use Studies

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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