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Subtitle: providing and paying for long-term care
By: Francesca Colombo ... [et al.].
Contributors: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Series: OECD health policy studies; OECD health policy studies
Publisher: OECD
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9789264097582
Subjects: Government policy; Long-term care insurance; Finance; Long-term care; Older people
Description: "This book examines the challenges countries are facing with regard to providing and paying for long-term care. With populations ageing and the need for long-term care growing rapidly, this book looks at such issues as: future demographic trends, policies to support family carers, long-term care workers, financing arrangements, long-term care insurance, and getting better value for money in long-term care."--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Long-term care: growing sector, multifaceted systems; title: Sizing up the challenge ahead: future demographic trends and long-term care costs; title: The impact of caring on family carers; title: Policies to support family carers; title: Long-term care workers: needed but often undervalued; title: How to prepare for the future long-term care workforce?; title: Public long-term care financing arrangements in OECD countries; title: Private long-term care insurance: a niche or a "big tent"; title: Where to? Providing fair protection against long-term care costs and financial sustainability; title: Can we get better value for money in long-term care?.