title: Towards equity in long-term care.
abstract: There are considerable similarities and overlap in the levels of disability and dependency between those who receive home-based-long-term care and those who receive long-term care on a residential basis. These similarities are demonstrated from analysis of clients of the Western Domiciliary Care and Rehabilitation Service. When services are costed, it is shown that there is a very large discrepancy in the levels of government support that clients of home-based care agencies attract compared to residents in subsidised hostels and nursing homes. This paper discusses the need for parity of funding to care providers and recognition of the economic value of the contributions of carers. It considers principles for the development of a casemix model for home-based care analogous to the Care Aggregated Module/Standard Aggregated Module (CAM)/(SAM) model applying to nursing home care.
authors.affiliation: Western Domiciliary Care and Rehabilitation Service.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Mykyta
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Loan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dickson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Allerby
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fort
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Riessen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tyler
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001315:Australia; D003704:Dementia / Q000451:nursing; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005380:Financing, Government; D016330:Frail Elderly; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D008297:Male; D012935:Social Justice