Research Topics

Assisted Living

Community Tenure

Expedited Service Delivery

Nursing Facilities

Geriatric Mental Health

Hoarding

Hospice

Hospital Discharge Planning

Older Adult Client Outcome Indicators

Planning for Long Term Care Services

Workforce Enhancement

All reports are available to download and view or print in Adobe PDF format.  Click the study link below to see the reference description.  Then, click a title with underlined text to view the  report.

Assisted Living

Chapin, R., Higgins, D., Hickey, A., Rachlin, R., & Nelson-Becker, H. (2005). Assisted Living/Residential Health Care Facility Participation in the Medicaid HCBS-FE Waiver: A Five Year Follow-Up. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas School of Social Welfare.

Chapin, R., Dobbs D., Hayes, J., & Hickey A. (2002). Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Older Adults in Assisted Living and Residential Health Care Facilities:  Community and Facility Factors. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas School of Social Welfare.

Dobbs D., Chapin R., Reed C., Hickey, A., & Ellman C. (2002). Barriers to Accessing Mental Health Services for Residents in Assisted Living and Residential Health Care Facilities From the Perspective of Residents and Community Mental Health Center Staff. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas School of Social Welfare.

Dobbs-Kepper, D., Chapin, R., Oslund, P., Rachlin, R., & Stover, J. (2001). Resident and Facility Factors Related to Residents’ Length of Stay in Assisted Living and Residential Health Care Facilities: A Longitudinal Analysis. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas School of Social Welfare.

Dobbs-Kepper, D., Chapin, R., Rachlin, R., & Waltner, M. (2000). Fiscal Year 2000 Profile of Kansas Assisted Living and Residential Health Care Facilities. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas School of Social Welfare.

Diversion and Community Tenure

Macmillan, K., Rachlin, R, Chapin, R., Chandran, D., Leedahl, S, Baca, B., Zimmerman, M., & Oslund, P.  (2007).  The Community Tenure Study: Community Tenure Status of CARE Assessment Customers 60 Months after Diversion.  Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas School of Social Welfare Office of Aging and Long Term Care.

Macmillan, K., Hayes, J., Rachlin, R., Chapin, R., Zimmerman, M., Oslund, P., Burke, J., & Sarvepalli, A. (2005). The Diversion Study Update: Community Tenure Status of Diverted CARE Assessment Customers at 36 Months. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas School of Social Welfare Office of Aging and Long Term Care.

Chapin, R., Zimmerman, M., Macmillan, K., Rachlin, R., Reed, C., Hickey, A., Baca, B., Wiebold-Lippisch, L., Henning, E., Oslund, P., Hayes, J., Katz, B., & Shea, J. (2003). Examination of the Use of Medicare Home Health Services and Informal Caregiving and Their Relationship to Successful Community Tenure and Appendices. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas School of Social Welfare Office of Aging and Long Term Care.

Chapin, R., Zimmerman, M., Macmillan, K., Rachlin, R., Nakashima, M., Hayes J., Oslund, P., Swaim, T., Burke, J., Shea, J., & Reed, C. (2002). Longitudinal Study of Customers Diverted through the CARE Program: Summary of Key Policy Findings, Technical Report, and Appendices. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas School of Social Welfare Office of Aging and Long Term Care.

Chapin, R., Zimmerman, M., Macmillan, K., Rachlin, R., Nakashima, M., Hayes, J., Kaiser, L., & Cline, M. (2001). Longitudinal Study of Customers Diverted through the CARE Program: Fiscal Year 2001 Report, and Appendices. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas School of Social Welfare Office of Aging and Long Term Care.

Chapin, R., Zimmerman, M., Macmillan, K., Rachlin, R., Nakashima, M., Moore, J., Schmidt, D., & Cline, M. (2000). Longitudinal Study of Customers Diverted through the CARE Program: Fiscal Year 2000. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas School of Social Welfare Office of Aging and Long Term Care.

Expedited Service Delivery

Chapin, R., Rachlin, R., Macmillan, K., Westerfelt, A., Carden, M. & Moore, J. (1999).  Expedited Service Delivery Pilot Evaluation.  Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas School of Social Welfare Office of Aging and Long Term Care. 

Nursing Facilities

·        Chapin, R., Landry, S., Sergeant, J., O’Connor, S., & Rachlin, R. (2008) Adult Care Home Evaluation of the Survey Process Report. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas School of Social Welfare Office of Aging and Long Term Care.

Hoarding

Chapin, R., McKenzie, S., Landry, S., Reynolds, K., Rachlin, R., Koenig, T. (2007). Community Tenure of Older Adults Who Hoard: Identifying Risks and Enhancing Opportunities. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas School of Social Welfare Office of Aging and Long Term Care.

Hospice

Chapin, R., Zimmerman, M., Gordon, R., Landry, S., Oslund, P., Rachlin, R., Hickey, A., & Peng, C. (2005). Hospice Component of the Longitudinal Diversion Study: Exploration of Hospice Use by Medicaid and Medicare Consumers in Kansas. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas School of Social Welfare Office of Aging and Long Term Care.

Impact of the Workforce Enhancement Grants

Chapin, R. K., Zimmerman, M., Baca, B. A., Leedahl, S., Rachlin, R., Holmes, R. J., Lloyd, J. L., O'Connor, S., Bertrand, A.K., & Chandran, D. (2008). The Impact of the Workforce Enhancement Grants on Nursing Home Quality of Care, Quality of Life, Culture Change, and Staff Retention. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas School of Social Welfare Office of Aging and Long Term Care.        Executive Summary.

Mental Health

Reynolds, K., Chapin, R., Rachlin, R., McLendon, T., Lopez, A., Roberts, C., Nelson-Becker, H., Agrawal, N., & Barket, A. (2005-2006). Connecting Older Kansans with Community Mental Health Resources: A Pilot Study. Final Report. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas School of Social Welfare.

Chapin, R., Rachlin, R., Reynolds, K., McLendon, T., Higgins, D., Krause, E., Kapp, S., Hayes, J., & Burke, J. (2004). Connecting Older Kansans with Community Mental Health Resources: A Pilot Study. Status Report for FY 2004. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas School of Social Welfare.

Chapin, R., Rachlin, R., Reynolds, K., Nelson-Becker, H., Swaim, T., Hayes, J., LeRoy, J., Shea, J., Ellman, C., Higgins, D., & Krause, E. (2003). Connecting Older Kansans with Community Mental Health Services: A Pilot Study. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas School of Social Welfare.

Chapin, R., Dobbs D., Hayes, J., & Hickey A. (2002). Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Older Adults in Assisted Living and Residential Health Care Facilities:  Community and Facility Factors. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas School of Social Welfare.

Dobbs D., Chapin R., Reed C., Hickey, A., & Ellman C. (2002). Barriers to Accessing Mental Health Services for Residents in Assisted Living and Residential Health Care Facilities From the Perspective of Residents and Community Mental Health Center Staff. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas School of Social Welfare.

Older Adult Client Outcome Indicators

Chapin R., Rachlin, R, & Swaim, T. (2002). Older Adult Client Outcome Indicator Project Report Fiscal Year 2002.  Lawrence, KS:  University of Kansas School of Social Welfare.

Rachlin, R., Chapin, R., & Cline, M. (2000). Older Adult Client Outcome Indicator Project Report. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas School of Social Welfare.

Planning for Long Term Care Services

Chapin, R., Baca, B., Landry, S., Rachlin, R., & Wedel, X. (2006). Planning for Long Term Care Before the Boom. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas School of Social Welfare Office of Aging and Long Term Care.

Hospital Discharge Planning Project

Chapin, R., Sergeant, J., Chandran, D., Lloyd, J., Higgins, D., Koenig, T., Rachlin, R., Ko, E., Nagadenahalli, N., Leedahl, S. (2007). Real Choice Project: Referral System Assessment. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas School of Social Welfare Office of Aging and Long Term Care.