title: Medicaid policies for the hospice care needed by people with Alzheimer's disease.
abstract: This study surveyed the state Medicaid programs and the state affiliates of the National Hospice Organization to identify Medicaid policies that improve the quality of hospice care provided to Medicaid recipients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Medicaid programs should expand their use of the home and community-based care waiver programs to include specialized services that allow people with AD to remain at home and to assist family members with their care. Among these services are homemaker services, personal care, a range of respite care, home-delivered meals, and companion services. These waiver programs also allow states to establish more generous eligibility standards for waiver services, enabling more people with AD to quality for waiver coverage than would qualify for the traditional Medicaid program.
authors: Medical University of South Carolina, USA.
authors: R J
authors: RJ
authors: Buchanan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000191:economics* / Q000451:nursing*; D003625:Data Collection; D004608:Eligibility Determination; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006291:Health Policy / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D008484:Medicaid / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D013221:State Health Plans / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States