Putting Consumers First in Long-Term Care: Findings from the Cash & Counseling Demonstration and Evaluation

Putting the Consumer First: An Introduction and Overview; The Public/Private Partnership behind the Cash and Counseling Demonstration and Evaluation: Its Origins, Challenges, and Unresolved Issues ; Designing the Cash and Counseling Demonstration and Evaluation; Commonalities and Variations in the Cash and Counseling Programs across the Three Demonstration States; The Research Design and Methodological Issues for the Cash and Counseling Evaluation; Consumer Enrollment and Experiences in the Cash and Counseling Program; Effects of Cash and Counseling on Personal Care and Well-Being; How Does Cash and Counseling Affect Costs? ; How Caregivers and Workers Fared in Cash and Counseling; Case Histories of Six Consumers and Their Families in Cash and Counseling; The Future of Cash and Counseling: The Framers\' View; Cash and Counseling in an International Context; Social Experimentation at Its Best: The Cash and Counseling Demonstration and Its Implications