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Changes in the use of personal assistance and special equipment from 1982 to 1989: results from the 1982 and 1989 NLTCS.

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Manton, KG; Corder, L; Stallard, E
Published in: The Gerontologist
April 1993

Analysis of data from the 1982, 1984 and 1989 National Long-term Care Surveys suggests that long-term care use is changing. Between 1982 and 1989, equipment use by persons with light physical impairment, or to supplement personal assistance for the severely disabled, increased. Over this same period, there was a decline in the use of personal assistance as the sole modality to deal with chronic impairments. Since equipment costs are nonrecurrent, whereas personal assistance costs are recurrent, this finding has implications for long-term care policy.

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The Gerontologist

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EISSN

1758-5341

ISSN

0016-9013

Publication Date

April 1993

Volume

33

Issue

2

Start / End Page

168 / 176

Related Subject Headings

  • Long-Term Care
  • Humans
  • Health Surveys
  • Health Services for the Aged
  • Gerontology
  • Equipment and Supplies
  • Disabled Persons
  • Aged
  • Activities of Daily Living
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
 

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Manton, K. G., Corder, L., & Stallard, E. (1993). Changes in the use of personal assistance and special equipment from 1982 to 1989: results from the 1982 and 1989 NLTCS. The Gerontologist, 33(2), 168–176. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/33.2.168
Manton, K. G., L. Corder, and E. Stallard. “Changes in the use of personal assistance and special equipment from 1982 to 1989: results from the 1982 and 1989 NLTCS.The Gerontologist 33, no. 2 (April 1993): 168–76. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/33.2.168.
Manton, K. G., et al. “Changes in the use of personal assistance and special equipment from 1982 to 1989: results from the 1982 and 1989 NLTCS.The Gerontologist, vol. 33, no. 2, Apr. 1993, pp. 168–76. Epmc, doi:10.1093/geront/33.2.168.
Journal cover image

Published In

The Gerontologist

DOI

EISSN

1758-5341

ISSN

0016-9013

Publication Date

April 1993

Volume

33

Issue

2

Start / End Page

168 / 176

Related Subject Headings

  • Long-Term Care
  • Humans
  • Health Surveys
  • Health Services for the Aged
  • Gerontology
  • Equipment and Supplies
  • Disabled Persons
  • Aged
  • Activities of Daily Living
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences