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Home care expenses for the disabled elderly.
Health Care Financing Review
|December 6, 1985
Summary
Elderly Americans with daily living limitations face significant out-of-pocket costs for home care. This study analyzes private expenses for activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) limitations.
Area of Science:
- Gerontology
- Health Economics
- Public Health Policy
Background:
- The 1982 Long-Term Care Survey provides data on noninstitutionalized elderly Americans.
- Limitations in activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) affect a significant portion of the elderly population.
- Home-based care is a critical component of long-term care for disabled elderly individuals.
Purpose of the Study:
- To present descriptive statistics on private expenses for home-based care among elderly Americans with ADL and IADL limitations.
- To analyze out-of-pocket payments in relation to the characteristics of the home-based, disabled elderly population.
- To discuss policy implications and suggest areas for future research.
Main Methods:
- Descriptive statistical analysis of data from the 1982 Long-Term Care Survey.
- Examination of private expenditures for home-based care services.
- Correlation of expenses with demographic and health-related characteristics of the elderly population.
Main Results:
- Detailed statistics on the amounts of out-of-pocket payments for home-based care.
- Identification of factors associated with higher or lower care expenditures.
- Understanding the financial burden of home-based care for disabled elderly individuals.
Conclusions:
- The findings highlight the substantial private financial burden of home-based care for elderly individuals with functional limitations.
- Policy considerations for supporting home-based care and mitigating out-of-pocket expenses are discussed.
- Further research is recommended to explore long-term care financing and support systems.