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Program Structure:
+ enhance the autonomy, dignity and independence of elders
in managed care through increased information, choice, and
capacity for consumer direction;
+ involve partnerships among community-based service agencies,
medical groups, integrated health systems, health plans, researchers,
and/or others working together to find better ways to provide
and coordinate services;
+ incorporate a broad view of health (including psychosocial
issues, living arrangements and social support) beyond specific
medical conditions; and
+ are comprehensive in scope and address the need for a full
continuum of care
Our large and growing population of
elders experiencing, or at risk of, functional decline poses
substantial challenges for health plans and providers. While
managed care organizations (e.g., health plans, medical groups,
integrated health systems) have been relatively proficient
in caring for healthier elders, only a few have developed
strategies for coordinating and delivering a full range of
health and supportive services to sick or at-risk elders.
Even fewer have developed strategies for providing culturally
appropriate services to rapidly growing racially and ethnically
diverse elder population.
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