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Outcomes of Adult Day Services for Participants: A Conceptual Model

Holly I. Dabelko

The Ohio State University

Jennifer A. Zimmerman

The Ohio State University

Adult day programs provide nutritional, health, social, and recreational services for older adults during daytime hours. The heterogeneity of programs, participants, and funding sources creates challenges in defining and measuring participant outcomes of adult day services. There appear to be two main domains of influence that adult day programs can have on participants: physical health functioning and psychosocial well-being. The study of the psychosocial benefits of adult day services to participants has been neglected. The purpose of this article is to review current empirical literature and to propose a new conceptual model for examining the participant outcomes in adult day services programs, taking into consideration the variability in participant needs and program design and delivery. The model includes service elements that are related to psychosocial well-being and physical functioning, and these elements relate to specific physical and psychosocial proximal and distal outcomes. Further areas for research are suggested.

Key Words: adult day care • adult day services • outcomes

Journal of Applied Gerontology, Vol. 27, No. 1, 78-92 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0733464807307338
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