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How impaired are Ohio's PASSPORT consumers?

PASSPORT consumers are quite disabled as measured by their ability to perform activities of daily living, such as bathing, dressing, transferring, and grooming. More than six in ten participants are impaired in 3 or more activities of daily living. Participants are most likely to be impaired in bathing (96.5%), transferring from a bed to a chair (75.1%), and dressing (61.7%) (See figure below).

Figure 1- Percentage of PASSPORT Consumers Who Have Impairment/Need  Assistance with Activities of Daily Living: 2004

Source : Mehdizadeh, S. & Applebaum, R. (2005) An Overview of Ohio's In-Home Service Program for Older People (PASSPORT). Oxford, OH: Scripps Gerontology Center.

For more information on Ohio's PASSPORT program click on An Overview of Ohio's In-Home Service Program for Older People (PASSPORT) by Shahla Mehdizadeh & Robert Applebaum (2005).