August 24, 2004

Medicaid helps keep seniors out of nursing homes

An opinion article notes a study prepared for the Detroit Area Agency on Aging (DAAA) by Wayne State University's Department of Community Medicine. The study found that senior care management programs allow seniors to remain at home despite needing services that qualifies them for nursing home care. The study says there appears to be a high need for this service among seniors in Wayne County, especially in communities that have higher premature deaths compared with the remainder of the state.

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