Home-based long-term care : report of a WHO Study Group.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

WHO Study Group on Home-Based Long-Term Care.

Contributor:

World Health Organization.

Series:

Technical report series (World Health Organization) ; 898.

WHO technical report series ; 898

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Long-term care of the sick.

Home-based family services.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (42 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva : World Health Organization, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Records the conclusions and recommendations of a study group commissioned to explore the use of home-based care as a strategy for coping with the growing number of individuals in need of long-term care. Addressed to policy-makers the report responds to striking demographic and epidemiological changes that have created an urgent need to expand the availability of cost-effective chronic care. These changes include the growing population of elderly persons and the devastating impact of HIV/AIDS on social networks and health services. With these problems in mind the report aims to help policy-make

Contents:

CONTENTS; 1. Introduction; 2. Target groups, scope and elements of home-based long-term care; 3. Home-based long-term care in health and social systems; 4. Financing of long-term care; 5. Material resources; 6. Human resources; 7. Conclusions; 8. Recommendations; Acknowledgements; References; Annex 1; Definition of integrated health services; Annex 2; Integrating home-based long-term care into the health and social system; Annex 3; Availability of material resources for home-based long-term care incountries at different stages of economic development

Notes:

"WHO Study Group on Home-based Long-Term Care, Ma'ale Hachamisha, Israel, 5-10 December 1999:--P. v.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-280-04126-9

9786610041268

92-4-068649-5

OCLC:

751693880