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Anywhere but Here: The Effect of Housing on Quality of Life
Sunday, November 16, 2014
Brittney Romanson, MPH, CHES
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Georgia Health Policy Center, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Kristi Fuller, MSW
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Georgia Health Policy Center, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Glenn Landers, Sc.D., MBA, MHA
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Georgia Health Policy Center, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Elizabeth Kauss, MSW
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Georgia Health Policy Center, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
This study explored the association between housing type and reported quality of life in Money Follows the Person (MFP) participants. The initial sample included 404 matched surveys of subjects who completed pre- and post-transition Quality of Life (QoL) surveys from January 2009 to July 2013. A sub-analysis was conducted with 42 persons who answered supplemental questions phased into the QoL survey in November 2012. Two measures of quality of life were assessed. One question asked if the participant was happy with the way he or she lived their life. The second question asked if the participant liked where they live. Bivariate analyses assessed potential relationships between QoL and housing. The baseline sample had a significant, inverse relationship between living in a group home or nursing facility and happiness (r = -0.163, p = 0.002) and satisfaction with housing arrangement (r =-0.182, p = 0.001). For the sub-sample of post-transition residents, there was no significant association between a participant living on their own and happiness (r = -0.307, p = 0. 065) or satisfaction with housing arrangement (r = -0.274, p = 0.101). Similarly, there was no significant association between living with family or friends and happiness (r = -0.078, p = 0.646) or satisfaction with housing arrangement (r = -0.028, p = 0.871). Findings indicate it is more important to transition individuals out of institutions regardless of housing circumstances in the community.
Learning Areas:
Conduct evaluation related to programs, research, and other areas of practice
Public health or related research
Social and behavioral sciences
Learning Objectives:
Describe the Money Follows the Person rebalancing demonstration program.
Assess the ways the type of housing affect quality of life responses.
Explain the implications of transitioning residents from institutional to community settings and how findings should be interpreted.
Keyword(s): Evaluation, Long-Term Care
Presenting author's disclosure statement:Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: As Georgia’s external evaluator, the Georgia Health Policy Center is conducting an evaluation of the Money Follows the Person (MFP) rebalancing demonstration program. I have been one of the researchers of this grant and have conducted one- and two-year post-transition quality of life (QoL) interviews with MFP participants or their proxies and analyzed data to explore potential relationships between QoL and housing, respondent type and other variables.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines,
and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed
in my presentation.
