Boarding out as an Option for the Care of Elderly People

There has been some experiment in Ireland in recent years with boarding out of elderly persons. This comprises the placement, usually with a non-relative in a private household, of an elderly person, with the carer receiving some reward. This study assesses the cost of care for a small group of elde...

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Published in:Age and ageing 1991-03, Vol.20 (2), p.95-99
Main Authors: O'SHEA, E., COSTELLO, J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Care and treatment
Cost control
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Deinstitutionalization - economics
Elderly
Female
Finance
General aspects
Health care expenditures
Health Policy
Health Services for the Aged - economics
Home care
Home health care
Homes for the Aged - economics
Humans
Ireland
Long term health care
Male
Medical sciences
Nursing homes
Older people
Prices and rates
Public health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
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Summary:There has been some experiment in Ireland in recent years with boarding out of elderly persons. This comprises the placement, usually with a non-relative in a private household, of an elderly person, with the carer receiving some reward. This study assesses the cost of care for a small group of elderly persons in boarding-out care compared with a similarly dependent group of elderly persons in welfare home institutional care. The cost of boarding out care is less than half the cost of care in the welfare home. This result is encouraging given the feeling that quality of care in boarding out is not below that of institutional care.
ISSN:0002-0729
1468-2834
DOI:10.1093/ageing/20.2.95