This report presents the results of an evaluation of consumer-directed community aged care. Consumer-Directed Care (CDC) is central to the aim of rendering community aged care more flexible and responsive. In Australia, it builds on experiences of consumer-directed community-based disability care and is intended to offer greater decisional authority to care recipients over the services...

This report critically reviews the literature on older care recipient‐directed care arrangements in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia and highlights the importance to distinguish between Cash‐for‐Care and Self‐Directed Care schemes.