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Investigating Delay in Social Service Referral as a Predictor of Unattained Social Service Goals in Home Health Care

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Corie Watkins, MSW

Home health care in Texas and Alabama

LaRue Jolly, MSW

The present study sought primarily to determine whether attainment of social service goals was affected by the number of days between admission to home care and referral to medical social services. We also sought to determine if patient residence in a rural or urban area, annual income, and the total number of social service goals affected attainment of social service goals. Using a random sample of 306 home care patients throughout Texas, we found that the length of time between admission to home care and social service referral and annual income did not have a significant effect on social service goal attainment. However, elders living in rural areas and those having a moderate number of social service goals had significantly more unattained social service goals. Social service implications are discussed.

Key Words: Medicare • medical social services • chronically ill elders • social service needs

Home Health Care Management & Practice, Vol. 17, No. 6, 456-466 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/1084822304272946


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