Opportunity wages and workforce adjustments: understanding the cost of in-home elder care

Article Abstract:

The structural changes in Medicare reimbursements to hospitals between 1982 and 1989 increased the inclination of caregivers with a higher wage opportunity to work. The estimated wages range from $0.78 to 27.18 per hour, compared to the values in literature ranging from $4.64 to 10.30. Structural changes in the reimbursements resulted in the decreased number of admission of older people, decreased length of hospital stay, and improved skilled nursing and home health care.

Aged, Elderly, Home care

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Valuing intervention research

Article Abstract:

R. Montgomery's comments on several issues regarding caregiving research are cogent and critical to the development of the field. However, his suggestion that the field's focus be broadened would result in diffused and unclear conclusions. The progressive and incremental steps that focus on a limited and controlled sector would yield more definitive results. The successful intervention measures could then be applied on a broader scale.

Evaluation, Letter to the Editor, Methodology, Research methods

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