Home care for ageing populations
Subtitle: a comparative analysis of domiciliary care in Denmark, the United States and Germany
By: Martha Doyle and Virpi Timonen.
Contributors: Timonen, Virpi.
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9781847204943
Subjects: Older people -- Home care -- Denmark; Older people -- Home care -- United States; Older people -- Home care -- Germany; Home care services -- Denmark; Home care services -- United States; Home care services -- Germany
Description: This book presents an up-to-date comparative analysis of formal domiciliary care systems in Denmark, Germany and the United States. It makes an important contribution to the debate about the future care of older people and provides an insightful analysis of the provision of publicly-funded domiciliary care services from a cross-national perspective. The areas addressed include: classifications of welfare state and social care regimes; the changing role of the state as a provider and purchaser of social care services; the re-commodification of the care labour force; incentives for informal care-givers via public financing and social security; and the introduction of notions of consumer power into care policies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-147) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : exploring the complex worlds of domiciliary care; title: Setting the scene : the context for domiciliary care in the three countries; title: Formal domiciliary care in Denmark; title: Formal domiciliary care in the United States; title: Formal domiciliary care in Germany; title: Delivery of home care : observation of services on the ground; title: Comparing domiciliary care policies : similarities, differences and innovations; title: Conclusion : the future of domiciliary care.