@article{f385812df5cf4fd88b847c32ba3945f6,
title = "The Effect of a Professionally Guided Caregiver Support and Education Group on Institutionalization of Care Receivers",
abstract = "Family caregivers participating in support and education groups had lower institutionalization rates among their care receivers than did caregivers who enrolled but did not participate (3.8% as compared to 8.6%, respectively). When baseline differences were controlled, the implied treatment effect was to reduce the enrollment group institutionalization rate from 17.2% to 5.2%. These differences were statistically significant at the.1 and.05 levels, respectively. Savings from deterred nursing home utilization more than offset program costs.",
keywords = "Cost effectiveness, Informal caregivers, Institutionalization, Logistic regression, Support groups",
author = "Greene, {Vernon L.} and Monahan, {Deborah J.}",
note = "Funding Information: ^esearch supported by grant #90-AM-0093 from the Administration on Aging, Department of Health and Human Services and by the All-University Gerontology Center at Syracuse University. Conclusions are the authors' own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department or the Center. We particularly wish to acknowledge the contribution of the project's professional and administrative staff: Carmen Wilson, RN, BSN; William Bemis, MSW; Celina Samoza, BS, and Mildred Ethier, as well as helpful comments by Jan Ondrich. Copyright: Copyright 2016 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "1987",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1093/geront/27.6.716",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "27",
pages = "716--721",
journal = "Gerontologist",
issn = "0016-9013",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "6",
}