EVALUATION OF A CORPORATE-SPONSORED HEALTH-CARE PROGRAM FOR RETIRED EMPLOYEES

The authors evaluated an innovative corporate-sponsored health care pr ogram for retired employees and their dependents. The program included a multidisciplinary health care team, care coordination and referral, and health promotion workshops. Of 111 program participants who respo nded to a mailed survey, 95 percent reported that participation helped them maintain or improve their health through increased knowledge abo ut their own health care and increased ability to access needed servic es. However, the social work role on the health care team was not well understood by program participants, suggesting the need to more clear ly define and communicate the psychosocial component of health care se rvices to older recipients.