$190,333
Awarded June 16, 2010
Duration: 12 months
Service Area: California
Program Staff: Kali Peterson
Strategy 2.1.3 - Evaluate existing legislation and regulations authorizing and funding comprehensive senior care services and develop concrete proposals to improve such legislation and regulation
The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR) will conduct a one-year qualitative project to understand how vulnerable older adults and their families construct community-based care networks in light of potential service reductions or eliminations as part of the California budget crisis. Participants include dual eligible older adults using In-Home Support Services and a family member responsible for assisting the older adult in constructing their care network. This project will offer important information about how California families create a patchwork of services and supports for vulnerable elders, highlighting current methods that work as well as unmet need.