National Long-Term Care Channeling Demonstration: Channeling Effects on Informal Care

摘要

Results of the study indicate that there was no evidence that channeling under the basic case management model led to substitution of formal for informal care. Channeling under the financial control model did lead to modest substitution of certain services, but there is no evidence of overall substitution on a wide scale. Nor is there evidence of reductions in informal care provided by primary caregivers. The effect appears to be due primarily to withdrawl of some friends and neighbors.