Session: The Long-term Care Continuum: Informal and Formal Care for Elders
4136.0: Tuesday, November 18, 2003: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
The Long-term Care Continuum: Informal and Formal Care for Elders
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Presider(s):Vilma Enriquez-Haass, MPH
12:30 PMDivergent Perceptions of Formal and Informal Care Over Time: Explaining the Views of Home Health Recipients and Informal Caregivers
Aubrey Spriggs, MA, Maryam Navaie-Waliser, DrPH
12:45 PMDeterminants Of Health Recovery Among Older Adults In Home Health Care
Maryam Navaie-Waliser, DrPH, Aubrey Spriggs, MA
1:00 PMHome health outcomes under Medicare prospective payment
Robert E. Schlenker, PhD, Martha C. Powell, Ph D, Glenn K. Goodrich, M S
1:15 PMEvaluation of a state initiative to increase the number of direct care workers in long-term care
Susan A. Chapman, PhD, RN, Ruth E. Matthias, PhD, Ellen M Morrison, PhD, A.E. Benjamin, PhD
1:30 PMFactors Influencing Formal Service Use by Elderly: Implications for Communication by Formal Health Organizations
Baseema Banoo, MS, Shelly Campo, PhD, Elaine Wethington, PhD, Alice Boyce, MA
1:45 PMModels to improve access to long term care for the rural elderly
Joan F. Van Nostrand, DPA
Organized by:Gerontological Health
Endorsed by:American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus; Health Equity and Public Hospitals Caucus; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Caucus of Public Health Workers; Medical Care; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy

The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA