Consumer Direction, Consumer Choice, and the Future of Long-Term Care
| Autor: | Andrew I. Batavia |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
030506 rehabilitation
Government Health (social science) business.industry Institutionalisation Consumer choice 05 social sciences 050301 education Supreme court 03 medical and health sciences Long-term care Health care Business Marketing 0305 other medical science 0503 education Law Medicaid Independent living |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Disability Policy Studies. 13:67-74 |
| ISSN: | 1538-4802 1044-2073 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/10442073020130020201 |
| Popis: | Traditionally, our long-term care system has had a strong institutional bias, with care directed by health care professionals and few options for consumers. There is now a growing trend toward consumer direction and consumer choice in long-term care. Some degree of consumer direction can be achieved under different models of long-term care, but many consumers prefer the independent living model in which they hire, train, and manage their own personal assistants. The Supreme Court's Olmstead decision supported the consumer-direction trend, finding that unjustified institutionalization is discriminatory and that Medicaid recipients with disabilities must receive their care in the most integrated setting appropriate. Initiatives by disability rights advocates, states, and the federal government to ensure the option of consumer-directed home- and community-based care, as well as innovative home-based programs in other countries, have further fueled the trend. The policy challenge will be to offer consumer-directed care on an equal basis with other long-term care options in a manner that meets the needs of people with different disabilities, and thereby to implement consumer choice in a manner that allows people with different disabilities to decide for themselves which option best meets their needs. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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