Title: Home-based care, the elderly, the family, and the welfare state : an international comparison /
Authors: Lesemann, Frédéric.; Martin, Claude, 1955-; Lesemann, Frédéric, 1942-
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Older people Home care Cross-cultural studies.; Older people Government policy Cross-cultural studies.; Older people Home care.; Older people Home care Government policy Europe.; Older people Home care Government policy Canada.; Older people Home care Government policy United States.
Contents: Home care services for the aged and disabled in the United States of America / Abraham Monk and Carole Cox -- Home and community-based services for the elderly in the United Kingdom / John Baldock -- Home-based care in Canada and Quebec : informal and formal services / F. Lesemann and Daphne Nahmiash -- Care for the elderly in the Netherlands : new policies and practices / Marja A. Pijl -- Care of the elderly in Sweden : formal and informal support / Lennarth Johannson and Mats Thorslund -- Domestic healthcare production and alternatives to hospitalization in France : the family's role and involvement in home care / Martine Bungener -- Home care services for the elderly in Italy / Carla Facchini and Renzo Scortegagna.