Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Yamada, Yoshiko

Titel

Consumer Direction in Community-Based Long-Term Care: Implications for Different Stakeholders

Ist Teil von

• Journal of gerontological social work, 2001-12, Vol.35 (3), p.83-97

Ort / Verlag

London: Taylor & Francis Group

Erscheinungsjahr

2001

Quelle

Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Recently, a growing number of community-based long term care programs have been incorporating a concept of consumer direction (CD). Consumer Direction allows long-term care consumers to take more active roles in their care management, by hiring, training, supervising, and firing care providers. A limited number of existing studies show that CD consumers indeed feel they have more choice and control over their care compared to those under the traditional model. However, other studies show problematic working conditions for care providers under CD. Questions also remain unanswered regarding how CD effects different important stakeholders, including family caregivers, formal paid caregivers, and governments. More research, administrative, and practice efforts are needed to ensure CD can benefit all sectors of communities.