A study led by center faculty Chanee Fabius and co-authors Noreen Shugrue and Julie Robison in the Journal of Gerontological Social Work examined relationships between home and community-based services, reinstitutionalization, and choice and control in daily activities for older adults in Connecticut. The researchers found that relative to receiving traditional services, having hourly or live-in personal care attendant services was associated with having lower odds of both reinstitutionalization and choice and control. Findings can help strengthen home and community-based services delivery for older adults living in the community. Read more.
Keyword: quality of life