1st Edition
Self-Direction in Long Term Services and Supports The Cash and Counseling Demonstration and Evaluation Ten Years On
Introduction
Kevin J. Mahoney
1. "It’s Changed Everything": Voices of Veterans in the Veteran-Directed Home and Community Based Services Program
Ellen K. Mahoney, Aimee Milliken, Kevin J. Mahoney, Merle Edwards-Orr, and Danny G. Willis
2. "It just took the pressure off": The voices of Veterans’ family caregivers in a participant-directed program
Aimee Milliken, Ellen K. Mahoney and Kevin J. Mahoney
3. "I’m just trying to cope for both of us": Challenges and supports of family caregivers in participant-directed programs
Aimee Milliken, Ellen K. Mahoney, Kevin J. Mahoney, Kate Mignosa, Isabella Rodriguez, Catherine Cuchetti, and Megumi Inoue
4. Preparedness of representatives for people with dementia in a self-directed program
Ellen K. Mahoney, Lori Simon-Rusinowitz, Dawn M. Loughlin, Kathy Ruben, and Kevin J. Mahoney
5. Unmet needs in self-directed HCBS programs
Kevin J. Mahoney, Ellen K. Mahoney, Carmen Morano, and Andrew DeVellis
6. The Tasks and Characteristics of Supportive Support Brokers
Ellen Mahoney, Grace Oh, Carmen Morano, Kevin Mahoney, and Andrew DeVellis
7. The times they are a-changing: Self-directed long-term services and supports and gerontological social work
Mark Sciegaj, Nancy R. Hooyman, Kevin J. Mahoney, and Casey DeLuca
Biography
Kevin J. Mahoney is Professor Emeritus in the Boston College School of Social Work, USA; Founding Director of the National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services; and was National Program Director of the Cash and Counseling Demonstration Evaluation and Replication (1996-2008).
Ellen K. Mahoney is Associate Professor and Department Chair in the Connell School of Nursing at Boston College, Massachusetts, USA.
Michelle Putnam is Professor and Director of the Doctoral Program in Social Work at Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. In addition, she is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Gerontological Social Work.
