Long term Care for Older People This study reports on the latest trends in long term care policies in nineteen OECD countries: Australia Austria Canada Germany Hungary Ireland Japan Korea Luxembourg the Netherlands New Zealand Norway Mexico Poland Spain Sweden Switzerland the United Kingdom and the United States. It studies lessons learned from countries that undertook major reforms over the past decade. Trends in expenditure financing and the number of care recipients are analysed based on new data on cross country differences. Special attention is given to experience with programmes that provide consumers of services with a choice of care options including cash to family caregivers. Concise country profiles of long term care systems and an overview on demography and living situations of older persons make this complex policy field more accessible.