Long-term care reforms in OECD countries : successes and failures / edited by Cristiano Gori, José-Luis Fernández and Raphael Wittenberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gori, Cristiano, editor.

Wittenberg, Raphael, editor.

Fernández, José, 1971- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Long-term care of the sick--Government policy--OECD countries.

Long-term care of the sick.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 316 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With contributions from a range of experts across OECD countries, this book examines changes in long-term care systems throughout those countries, discussing and comparing key changes in national policies and examining the main successes and failures of recent reforms.

Contents:

1. Introduction / José-Luis Fernández and Cristiano Gori

Part 1: Funding

2. Demand for care and support for older people / Raphael Wittenberg

3. The long-term care financing problem / José-Luis Fernández and Pamela Nadash

Part 2: Models of care

4.How different countries allocate long-term care resources to users: a comparative snapshot / John Campbell, Naoki Ikegami, Cristiano Gori, Francesco Barbabella, Rafal Chomik, Francesco d'Amico, Holly Holder, Tomoaki Ishibashi, Lennarth Johansson, Harriet Komisar, Magnus Ring and Hildegard Theobald

5. How different countries allocate long-term care resources to older users: changes over time / Cristiano Gori, Francesco Barbabella, John Campbell, Naoki Ikegami, Francesco d'Amico, Holly Holder, Tomoaki Ishibashi, Lennarth Johansson, Harriet Komisar and Hildegard Theobald

6. Commissioning long-term care services / Joanna Marczak and Gerald Wistow

7. Cash-for-care benefits / Barbara Da Roit, Blanche Le Bihan and August Österle

8. Policy instruments to promote good quality long-term care services / Juliette Malley, Birgit Trukeschitz and Lisa Trigg

Part 3: Carers

9. Developing a skilled long-term care workforce / Francesca Colombo and Tim Muir

10. Policies to support informal care / Ulrike Schneider, Gerdt Sundström, Lennarth Johannson and María A. Tortosa

Part 4: Institutional actors

11. The relationship between social and health services in care for older people / Laurel L. Hixon

12. Multilevel governance and its effects on long-term care support / Hildegard Theobald and Elizabeth Ozanne

13. Conclusions: Looking ahead in long-term care policies / Cristiano Gori,José-Luis Fernández and Raphael Wittenberg.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 Aug 2022).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781447334644

1447334647

9781447311539

1447311531

9781447305064

144730506X

OCLC:

931878957