| Title | Dissemination of the CAPABLE Model of Care in a Medicaid Waiver Program to Improve Physical Function |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2019 |
| Authors | Spoelstra SL, Sikorskii A, Gitlin LN, Schueller M, Kline M, Szanton SL |
| Journal | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pagination | 363-370 |
| ISBN Number | 1532-5415 |
| Accession Number | 30548594 |
| Keywords | *adaptation, *evidence-based model, *Health Services for the Aged, *implementation, *Independent Living, *Medicaid, *Medicaid waiver, *physical function, Activities of Daily Living, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Female, Geriatric Assessment, Hospitalization/statistics & numerical data, Humans, Male, Michigan, Middle Aged, Patient Satisfaction, Physical Functional Performance, Program Evaluation, United States |
| Abstract | BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Of older adults, 42% report problems with daily function, and physical function is the most important consideration for aging individuals. Thus, we implemented a model of care focused on improving physical function and examined health and use outcomes and satisfaction. DESIGN: A 3-year participatory, single-group pretrial/posttrial benchmarked to a usual care cohort that was evaluated prior to the study. SETTING: Four Medicaid home and community-based waiver sites in Michigan. PARTICIPANTS: The participants included 34 clinicians and 270 Medicaid beneficiaries 50 years and older. INTERVENTION: Community Aging in Place, Advancing Better Living for Elders (CAPABLE), an evidence-based model of care that improved physical function in older adults, was implemented using evidence-based strategies. MEASUREMENT: Characteristics (age, race, and sex), health outcomes (comorbidities, instrumental/activities of daily living [I/ADLs], pain, depression, and falls), and emergency department and hospitalization visits preintervention/postintervention and in the usual care cohort were examined. We also measured Medicaid beneficiary's satisfaction with care for those who received CAPABLE. RESULTS: Improved mean ± SD ADLs (preintervention, 8.51 ± 3.08; postintervention, 7.80 ± 2.86; P = .01) and IADLs (preintervention, 6.43 ± 1.31; postintervention, 5.62 ± 1.09; P < .01), a decrease in falls by 14% (from 34.8% preintervention to 20.8% postintervention; P < .01), and fewer hospitalizations (from 0.43 ± 1.51 preintervention to 0.23 ± 0.60 postintervention; P = .03) were found. Post-CAPABLE means were significantly better compared with a usual care cohort for IADLs (6.73 ± 1.27; P < .01) and hospitalizations (0.47 ± 2.66; P < .01). Satisfaction with care was high, and 98.1% recommended CAPABLE as a way to help remain living in the community. CONCLUSION: Improved ADLs and IADLs, a reduction in fall rates, fewer hospitalizations, and high satisfaction with care occurred in this population as a result of the use of CAPABLE. CAPABLE may be one solution to helping vulnerable, low-income older adults with poor physical function to remain living in the community. J Am Geriatr Soc 67:363-370, 2019. |
| DOI | 10.1111/jgs.15713 |
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| Short Title | Journal of the American Geriatrics SocietyJ Am Geriatr Soc |
| Alternate Journal | J Am Geriatr Soc |
