4193.0: Tuesday, November 14, 2000: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

Nursing Home Care and Financing

Learning Objectives: 1) To understand issues realted to the financing of nursing home care, including PPS. 2) To understand issues related to the provision of appropriate care in nursing homes. 3) To understand issues related to quality of life of nursing home residents
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Presider(s):William D. Spector, PhD
2:30 PMCase mix of nursing facility residents: local community size and residential care capacity
James H. Swan, PhD, Robert Newcomer, PhD, Sara Karon, PhD
2:48 PMNursing home and resident characteristics that relate to differences among do-not-resuscitate orders, do-not-hospitalize orders, and other directives with regard to feeding, medication, or treatment
Aram Dobalian, JD, MPH
3:06 PMPrediction of nursing home placement from the community among Medicaid long-term care eligibles in South Carolina
Chiu-Chin Huang, MS, NHA, Darryl Wieland, PhD, Roger Amidon, PhD
3:24 PMImpact of cognitive decline on physical functioning and quality of life among elderly nursing facility residents
Wayne Bigelow, MS, Marion Becker, PhD
Sponsor:Gerontological Health
Cosponsors:Health Administration

The 128th Annual Meeting of APHA