Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability
Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability

Second Status Report on the Pilot Project Authorizing Direct Admission to Extended Congregate Care

Report 96-26, December 1996




Report Summary

  • Extended Congregate Care (ECC) may offer a higher quality of life at less cost than nursing home care.
  • However, since the implementation of the direct admission pilot project, there has not been a significant increase in the number of ECC residents in the pilot project facilities.
  • Several factors appear to be limiting the use of ECC: low demand, affordability, strict regulatory requirements, and lack of knowledge about ECC.


Related Reports
  1. Progress Report: Other Initiatives to Decrease Long-Term Care Costs Should Accompany Medicaid Waiver Expansion
    Report 99-51 May 2000
  2. Supplemental Analyses of the Pilot Project Authorizing Direct Admission to Extended Congregate Care
    Report 97-74 June 1998
  3. Review of the Pilot Project Authorizing Direct Admission to Extended Congregate Care
    Report 97-26 December 1997
  4. Follow-up Report on the Comprehensive Assessment and Review for Long Term Care Services (CARES) Program Administered by the Department of Elder Affairs
    Report 97-01 July 1997
Copies of this report in print or alternate accessible format may be obtained by email OPPAGA@oppaga.fl.gov, telephone (850) 488-0021, or mail 111 W. Madison St., Room 312 Tallahassee, FL 32399-1475.
Copies of this report in print or alternate accessible format may be obtained by email OPPAGA@oppaga.fl.gov, telephone (850) 488-0021, or mail 111 W. Madison St., Room 312 Tallahassee, FL 32399-1475.
social services, health, extended congregate care, nursing homes, long-term care