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Eligibility for In-Home Respite Care: Ethnic Status and Rural Residence

Neale R. Chumbler

North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System and the University of Florida

Debra Dobbs-Kepper

University of Kansas

Claudia Beverly

Cornelia Beck

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

This research examined whether older adults'ethnicity (African American vs. White) and type of rural residence were associated with nurse case managers' determinations of eligibility for in-home respite care service use, after adjusting for sociodemographic as well as physical and cognitive status characteristics. This study reports the results of a program evaluation of a state Medicaid waiver program for support services. The study sample consisted of 775 older adults residing in the rural counties (63) of Arkansas and enrolled in a Medicaid waiver program for support services. Logistic regression analyses revealed that the combination of being African American and residing in rural counties of smaller population sizes combined with nonadjacency to metropolitan statistical areas were associated with a lower likelihood of being eligible for in-home respite care. The article ends with a discussion on programplanning, policy, and practice initiatives in light of the findings.

Journal of Applied Gerontology, Vol. 19, No. 2, 151-169 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/073346480001900203
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