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  • Changing face of long-term care : Ohio's experience 1993-2005 

    Mehdizadeh, Shahla; Applebaum, Robert; Nelson, Ian; Straker, Jane; Baker, Hallie (2007-04-01)
    This report details trends in Ohio long-term care service utilization over 12 years. It also provides information about the characteristics of those in different settings such as PASSPORT, nursing homes, and residential ...
  • Coming of Age: Tracking the Progress and Challenges of Delivering Long-Term Services and Supports in Ohio 

    Mehdizadeh, Shahla; Applebaum, Robert; Nelson, Ian M.; Straker, Jane K. (2011-08-11)
    In a 16 year tracking of utilization trends for institutional and home and community-based services, we learned that Ohio has made considerable change in its approach to delivering and funding long-term care services. The ...
  • PASSPORT assessment and services 

    McGrew, Kathryn; Brothers-McPhail, Denise (2007-05-31)
    This report examines the PASSPORT assessment and services processes through thirty case studies: ten new assessments; ten ongoing consumers; and ten disenrolled consumers. We used a combination of observation; interviews ...
  • PASSPORT consumer eligibility 

    Mehdizadeh, Shahla; Nelson, Ian; Thieman, Lauren (2007-05-31)
    This report examined the PASSPORT population for nursing home level of care and Medicaid financial eligibility. In addition, factors impacting length of stay in PASSPORT and transfer to nursing home are explored.
  • PASSPORT cost neutrality 

    Mehdizadeh, Shahla (2007-05-31)
    This report explores the costs of caring for a person age 60 and older in the community (through PASSPORT) versus caring for a person age 60 and older in a nursing home. Medicaid costs and all other public program costs ...
  • PASSPORT evaluation : Accountability for finances, compliance, and fairness 

    Ciferri, William (2007-09-14)
    This research is an evaluation of the mechanisms and processes in place to assure that PASSPORT funds are managed properly and procurements are undertaken in a fair and open manner.
  • PASSPORT Quality Assurance and Quality Management 

    Kunkel, Suzanne; Straker, Jane; Carr, Dawn (2007-05-31)
    This report addresses findings related to the quality standards of the PASSPORT program. Although all evaluation components address aspects of quality assurance and improvement, this study addressed issues regarding the ...
  • Program evaluation of PASSPORT : Ohio's home and community-based Medicaid waiver. Final report 

    Ciferri, William; Kunkel, Suzanne; McGrew, Kathryn; Mehdizadeh, Shahla; Straker, Jane; Wellin, Valerie (2007-05-15)
    The goal for the evaluation of the PASSPORT program was to determine whether the program is providing efficient and cost-neutral services as an alternative to facility-based long-term care, and to assess the extent to which ...
  • Providing Long-Term Services and Supports to an Aging Ohio : Progress and Challenges 

    Mehdizadeh, Shahla; Applebaum, Robert; Deacon, Malinda; Straker, Jane (2009-06-04)
    This report details trends in Ohio long-term care service utilization over 14 years. It also provides information about the characteristics of those in different settings such as PASSPORT, nursing homes, and residential ...
  • Providing quality home and community-based services through PASSPORT 

    Straker, Jane; Carr, Dawn; Chow, Karl; Lokon, Elizabeth (2007-05-31)
    This report is part of a larger evaluation of Ohio's PASSPORT Program. It examines issues of provider tenure, provider certification, and provider quality assurance. Data were collected in focus groups, interviews, and a ...
  • Real choices : a caregiver respite strategy for the state of Ohio 

    Ciferri, William; McGrew, Kathryn; Mehdizadeh, Shahla (2005-01-01)
    The purpose of Real Choices: A Caregiver Respite Strategy For The State of Ohio was to determine the feasibility of restructuring the PASSPORT program to achieve caregiver respite. We found the majority of PASSPORT consumers ...
  • A ten year retrospective look at Ohio's long-term care system 

    Mehdizadeh, Shahla; Applebaum, Robert (2003-05-01)
    Over the past ten years the state has experienced a continued shift in the way older Ohioans receive long-term care. More older people are receiving long-term care in their own homes and in assisted living facilities. ...