National Long-Term Care Channeling Demonstration. Assessment and Care Planning for the Frail Elderly: A Problem Specific Approach

摘要

The problem specific approach describes various circumstances likely to be encountered among frail elderly persons in the community. Each problem area includes a comprehensive list of items that should be considered by a case manager. Model care plans are also included. The document can be used for training new or experienced case managers in the specifics of effective assessment and case management. Channeling was an HHS initiative designed to test in ten sites in ten States, under rigorous experimental conditions, the extent to which a community-based long-term care system that combines case management, care planning and the delivery of health and social services is a cost-effective alternative to the present medical/institutional system of long-term care. Temple University provided training and technical assistance to the ten sites and Mathematical Policy Research, Inc. conducted the evaluation.