Consumer-Directed Home Care: Effects on Family Caregivers (October 2004)
 

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This brief describes currently available opportunities for consumer direction of care in public programs and private insurance plans, including opportunities for family caregivers to take on roles as representative decision-makers and paid caregivers. Includes recent findings from “Cash and Counseling” demonstrations and assesses prospects for expansion of consumer-directed alternatives to traditional modes of financing and service delivery. 

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