Costs and Benefits of IHSS for the Elderly and People with Disabilities: A California Case Study

Wed, 09/04/2013 - 00:04

Article Publication Date

Mon, 05/03/2010 - 12:00

Summary

Reducing In Home Support Services (IHSS) in California will be costly for taxpayers according to this report, which summarizes and refutes the conclusions of an earlier CA Legislative Analyst’s Office report. It presents what it sees as a more realistic set of assumptions and re-estimates the relative benefits of the IHSS program, considering the savings to the state if it transitioned one third of nursing home residents back into the community.

Article Author

Howes, Candace

Topics

Transition/Diversion from Institutions

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Policy alerts, briefs, letters & papers

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Institute for Women’s Policy Research; PHI