Information for Survey Participants Welcome track changes in home health care use provided to individuals and families in their place of residence since 1992 track changes in end-of-life hospice care in both home and hospice settings identify changes in the use of hospice care services resulting from the availability of the Medicare Hospice Benefit, which began in 1983 and Medicaid reimbursement for hospice care in 1986 assess the shortage of frontline caregivers (registered and licensed practical nurses, home health aides, certified nurse aides, and other direct care workers) in long-term care settings, including home health and hospice care, and make recommendations to Congress to address the increasing demand of a large aging generation. As the population of older adults is projected to double in the next 25 to 30 years, need for home health aides also is projected to grow. In 2007, NCHS will conduct the first national survey of home health aides providing much needed information on this long-term care workforce. All of the home health and hospice agencies selected to participate in the NHHCS will be eligible for the National Home Health Aide Survey (NHHAS). This supplemental survey will include a nationally representative sample of home health aides who work in home health and hospice agencies and provide patients with assistance in activities of daily living (ADLs). To learn more about participating in the National Home and Hospice Care Survey (NHHCS) click here.
To learn more about participating in the National Home
Health Aide Survey (NHHAS) click here.
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November 26, 2008
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