Cash and Counseling: Self-directed home and community long-term care

Cash and counseling provides an allowance that recipients can use to purchase home- and community-based long-term care services instead of receiving them from an agency. This scheme gives beneficiaries the choice and independence to self-direct the implementation of their preferred long-term care plan, using an assigned budget, under the supervision of a counselor. One feature of this program is that recipients can choose between hiring a professional or a family member as a caregiver. The objective of this document is to explore how cash and counseling works, with examples of interventions in the United States, and how it is relevant for policy-making in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Main Author: Inter-American Development Bank
Other Authors: Pamela Doty
Language:English
Published: Inter-American Development Bank
Subjects:Elderly, Labor Force, Service Provider, Long-Term Care, Silver Economy, Elderly Care, J14 - Economics of the Elderly • Economics of the Handicapped • Non-Labor Market Discrimination, J18 - Public Policy, J24 - Human Capital • Skills • Occupational Choice • Labor Productivity, O54 - Latin America • Caribbean, cash and counseling;aging;care dependency;caregivers;care systems;Latin America and the Caribbean,
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0004857
https://publications.iadb.org/en/cash-and-counseling-self-directed-home-and-community-long-term-care
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Summary:Cash and counseling provides an allowance that recipients can use to purchase home- and community-based long-term care services instead of receiving them from an agency. This scheme gives beneficiaries the choice and independence to self-direct the implementation of their preferred long-term care plan, using an assigned budget, under the supervision of a counselor. One feature of this program is that recipients can choose between hiring a professional or a family member as a caregiver. The objective of this document is to explore how cash and counseling works, with examples of interventions in the United States, and how it is relevant for policy-making in Latin America and the Caribbean.