California's Well Elder program is now the focus of a research study on the benefits of coordination of care and services in affordable housing.
“A service coordinator can say, ‘These services would be good for you,’ but the nurse can say ‘Your heart condition could be improved through these kinds of therapies,’...When you put the service coordinator and the health educator together, you’re better able to influence residents so they will agree to services that are going to stabilize them or create a sense of future for them where they currently live.” For the full article, read: http://www.aahsa.org/section_ifas.aspx?id=10125


