Risk of Nursing Home Admission Among Older Americans: Does States' Spending on Home- and Community-Based Services Matter?

Wed, 09/04/2013 - 00:04

Article Publication Date

Fri, 04/17/2009 - 12:00

Summary

To answer the question posed in the title, the authors studied HCBS spending and the availability of family members. Higher HCBS expenditures are found to be associated with lower risk of nursing home admission, but this association is statistically insignificant for older adults with living children. Doubling state HCBS expenditures would reduce the risk of nursing home admission among childless seniors by 35%.

Article Author

Muramatsu, Naoko; Yin, Hongjun; Campbell, Richard T.; Hoyem, Ruby L.; Jacob, Martha A.; Ross, Christopher O.

Topics

Transition/Diversion from Institutions

Types/Tools

Policy alerts, briefs, letters & papers

Reports

Populations

Aging/Older Adults

Sources

Other

Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences