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Published on: September 30, 2020
C Duran-Aydintug1, C C Torres, K H Flaming
1Department of Sociology, University of Colorado, Denver 80217, USA.
Abstract:
This paper reports the findings of a study exploring the effects of cutbacks in Colorado Home Care programs on frail elderly. Results indicate that these cutbacks put the respondents, who live in their own homes but are dependent on relatives, friends, or strangers for assistance in activities of daily living, at risk for long term institutionalization. These households are precursors of a growing healthcare crisis in aging populations where homecare assistance programs must supplement or supplant the resources of a thinning network of kin and friends.
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