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Assessing social welfare programs for the elderly: the specification of functional goals
1University of California at Berkeley.
Summary
Social welfare planners can now assess community services for elderly independence and behavioral functioning. This model provides clear goals for evaluating social and health programs
Area of Science:
- Gerontology
- Public Health
- Social Welfare Policy
Background:
- Social welfare planners require functional goals to evaluate program performance.
- Existing frameworks lack clear metrics for assessing services for the elderly.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and evaluate a model for assessing community services addressing elderly independence and behavioral functioning needs.
- To provide a framework for performance evaluation of social and health programs for older adults.
Main Methods:
- Constructed a model to evaluate community services.
- Utilized service data from a middle-income midwestern community for model evaluation.
Main Results:
- The model provides a functional assessment tool for community services.
- Demonstrated the applicability of the model using real-world service data.
Conclusions:
- The developed model offers a clear approach for social welfare planners to evaluate services for elderly residents.
- This framework can improve the effectiveness of social and health programs by focusing on independence and behavioral functioning.