Article Publication Date:
1/11/2000
Summary:
Findings of a New York consumer telephone survey conducted to determine the consumers’ interest in a cash option, in comparison to traditional agency-delivered services. The demographics and attitudinal characteristics are presented, in addition to consumer preferences and policy issues.
Topics:
Consumer/Participant Direction
Types/Tools:
Populations:
Personal Assistant
Sources:
American Rehabilitation
Programs/Initiatives:
Cash and Counseling
States:
Keywords:
Expenditures
telephone survey conducted in New York; long-term care; cash allowance and information services; Rehabilitation Services Administration; cash allowances maximize consumer choice and promote efficiency; evaluate the impact of cash benefits; Assessing Consumers' Preferences for a Cash Option; Consumers' Preferences for Consumer-Direction: Existing Research and Theory; Preference Study Design and Purposes; satisfaction with current personal care services; perceptions regarding the cash option; demographic and background variables; perceptions and demographics of surrogates; Interest in the Cash; Variables that Predict Interest in the Cash Option; Consumer and Surrogate Perceptions of the Importance of Cash Option; Consumers Who Want Help or Training with Task by Cash and Counseling; Attractive Program Features and Services Consumers Want to Purchase; Consumer and Surrogate Training and Support Needs; Surrogate Need for Help or Training with Task; Targeting Interested and Uncertain Consumers and Surrogates; Communications and Social Marketing Messages to Emphasize
Contact
Frank Romano
American Rehabilitation
Room 3212 Mary E. Switzer Building
Washington D.C. 20202-2531
frank.romano@ed.gov
Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/52179