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LONG-TERM CARE SERVICES<br />

6. Home health services: licensed home health <strong>care</strong> authorized by physician to<br />

restore/maintain health and minimize effects of illness or disability which<br />

may include nursing, various therapies, physician services, social work, and<br />

counseling. May be supplemented by personal <strong>care</strong> and homemaker services<br />

or be substituted for by the latter two.<br />

7. Homemaker services: (also known as chore services) are non-medical. Unlike<br />

personal <strong>care</strong> services, they are limited to services to enhance the physical<br />

environment and not the person.<br />

8. Personal <strong>care</strong> services: non-medical help with ADLs and affects the person,<br />

not the environment.<br />

9. Adult day health services: provided in daytime congregate settings to. those<br />

not needing institutionalization which include health <strong>care</strong>, physical and<br />

vocational rehabilitation, meals, personal <strong>care</strong>, and recreational and<br />

educational activities.<br />

10. Spiritual supports: on-site or via transport to a religious site.<br />

11. The arts: local artists perform for the home-bound.<br />

12. Respite <strong>care</strong>: infrequent and temporary substitute <strong>care</strong>, or supervision of a<br />

disabled person in the absence of the normal <strong>care</strong>giver or to provide that<br />

<strong>care</strong>giver with relief. Can be provided through in-patient facilities, home<br />

health agencies, adult day <strong>care</strong>lhealth centers, and adult night <strong>care</strong>.<br />

13. Hospice <strong>care</strong>.<br />

From yet another perspective, Figure 3-1 lists an ideal set of services in a continuum<br />

of <strong>care</strong> for the elderly based on options available in Indiana in 1990. 28<br />

TyPe of Service<br />

Housing<br />

Social!<br />

Recreational<br />

Mental Health<br />

Community<br />

-Own home or apt.<br />

-Low income<br />

housing<br />

-Retirement<br />

community<br />

-Accessory apts.<br />

-Senior centers<br />

-I ntergenerational<br />

activites<br />

-Senior community<br />

and church groups<br />

-Volunteer<br />

opportunities<br />

-Senior centers<br />

-Mutual support and<br />

Figure 3-1<br />

37<br />

Supported Living<br />

-Own home<br />

-Residential<br />

facility<br />

-Group home<br />

-Adult foster<br />

<strong>care</strong><br />

-Home repair<br />

-Weatherization<br />

-Friendly visitor<br />

-Telephone<br />

reassurance<br />

-Social model<br />

Adult day <strong>care</strong><br />

-In-home counseling<br />

-Outreach<br />

Institutional<br />

-Nursing home<br />

-Hospital<br />

-Sub acute units<br />

-Alzheimer's units<br />

-Activity programs<br />

-On-site child <strong>care</strong><br />

-Volunteer<br />

involvement<br />

-In facility<br />

counsleing

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