Cluster care: an alternative to traditional care

Studies of client satisfaction of the Traditional and Cluster Care service delivery models are virtually nonexistent. In an effort to provide healthcare services to Medicaid-eligible elderly home care clients, the New York City Human Resources Administration has implemented a new concept, Cluster Care. Because Cluster Care is probably going to be the wave of the 21st century, nurses need to be creative so that this new model will be more palatable to its recipients.