Community Aging in Place - Advancing Better Living for Elders (CAPABLE) Program

Introduction

The CAPABLE program focuses on the intersection between disability and home environment.

Implementation through Medicaid waiver-funded

Clinical significance

• CAPABLE program can reduce disability scores by 30%
  • reduction in disabilities, falls, hospitalizations, & long-term care spending
• cost of provision of home modifications & adaptive equipment averaged $1,300 per home; there was no cost to participant
  • calculated cost-savings of $867 per month per participant (2021)

Procedure

• entails home visits over 5 months by a team comprising a nurse, an occupational therapist, & a home repair person, each trained to support patient-identified goals

More general terms

• medical organizational structure