Long-term Care for Older People
Publisher: Organization for Economic Cooperation & Devel; OECD; OECD Publishing
Published: August 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 137
ISBN-13: 9789264008489
Subjects: Care of the elderly; Elderly; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Political Science; Business / Economics / Finance; Politics/International Relations; Reference - General
Description: 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.