1. The Changing World of Long-Term Care: A State Perspective.
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Applebaum, Robert A., Mehdizadeh, Shahla A., and Straker, Jane K.
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NURSING care facilities , *LONG-term care facilities , *HEALTH facilities , *ELDER care , *MEDICAL care , *NURSING - Abstract
Based on data from an eight year longitudinal study of Ohio's long-term care use patterns, this paper describes the changes now being experienced by this industry. Although Ohio has been a state with a heavy reliance on institutional services, the data suggest a change in how long-term care is provided in the state. Over the past eight years, despite an increasing disabled older population, nursing home occupancy rates have fallen from 92.5% to 83.5%. At the same time, in-home service and assisted living use has increased. The paper concludes by describing how such changes are likely to impact the system of the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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