title: "Just like I'm saving money in the bank": client perspectives on care coordination services.
abstract: Older adults face many challenges to community living. The literature has not sufficiently explored the roles of care coordination in the maintenance of housing and access to health care among older adults, particularly from their own perspectives. This qualitative study analyzes the findings from 25 interviews and 6 focus group discussions (48 participants) with a multiethnic sample of older adults in the New York City area. Care coordination services appear to assist older adults access health care, and to a lesser extent, maintain affordable housing. Disparities in access to care coordination appear to remain for immigrant, minority and suburban populations.
authors.affiliation: Center for Evaluation and Applied Research, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA. mfreij@nyam.org
authors.forename: Maysoun
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Freij
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: Jonathon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gass
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Trezza
authors.forename: Abigail
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wiener
authors.forename: Jeannine
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Melly
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Volland
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D036301:Qualitative Research; D044469:Racial Groups; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012947:Social Work / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors