Psychiatr Serv 50:781-786, June 1999
© 1999 American Psychiatric Association
Case Managers' and Clients' Perspectives on a Representative Payee Program
Lisa Dixon, M.D., M.P.H.,
Joseph Turner, M.A.,
Nancy Krauss, M.S.W.,
Jack Scott, Sc.D. and
Scot McNary, M.A.
OBJECTIVE: Clients with severe and persistent mental illnesses often require a representative payee to help manage benefit funds. This study compared the perceptions of clients and clinical case managers about the benefits of and problems with the representative payee relationship. METHODS: Fifty-four clients receiving assertive community treatment completed an interview that assessed satisfaction with their experience of having a representative payee and the resulting impact on their substance use, budgeting, and housing. The clients' clinical case managers completed a similar questionnaire. Analyses examined associations between providers' and clients' responses and clients' gender, race, diagnosis, previous experience with a representative payee, and duration of the current representative payeeship. RESULTS: Clients and case managers recognized benefits of the representative payeeship in the areas of housing, substance use, and budgeting. Although little evidence was found that the payeeship pervasively interfered with the therapeutic relationship, 44 percent of case managers reported incidents in which clients verbally abused them over management of their funds. Clients' satisfaction with the representative payeeship was initially low but grew over time. Longer duration of the current payeeship and clients' previous experience with representative payeeship were associated with greater satisfaction and fewer problems. Case managers overestimated clients' initial satisfaction and underestimated their current satisfaction. CONCLUSIONS: Findings suggest that both mental health professionals and clients value the representative payee process as helpful in improving outcomes, although the benefits of the arrangement may be more evident with time and experience.
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