OECD Health Project long-term care for older people.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Contributor:

Hennessy, Patrick.

Huber, Manfred.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Series:

The OECD Health Project, 19901291.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Care--Costs.

Older people.

Older people--Care--Government policy.

Older people--Care.

Older people--Medical care--Costs.

Older people--Medical care--Government policy.

Older people--Medical care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (138 pages)

Other Title:

Long-term care for older people

Place of Publication:

Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Notes:

"This report was prepared by a team in the OECD Social Policy Division led by Manfred Huber and including Patrick Hennessy, ... [et al.]"--P. [3].

Published in French under the title: Soins de longue duree pour les personnes agees.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-97).

ISBN:

9789264015852 (PDF)

9786610356294

92-64-01585-X

OCLC:

647675651