The Use of Community-Based Services in Long-term Care by Older Minority Persons

Abstract

Telephone interviews were conducted with all of the home health, homemaker, daycare and meal providers (205) in 32 counties selected to represent the upper decile of counties in terms of minority proportion of one of the four Federally-recognized minority groups. Seventy percent of the agencies serve a proportion of older minority persons which is at least commensurate with the proportion of minority persons in the county. Agencies which serve a proportionate share of minorities differ significantly on a number of variables from agencies which underserve minorities.