Help Wanted? Providing and Paying for Long-Term Care

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 work...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Colombo, Francesca
Other Authors: Llena-Nozal, Ana, Mercier, Jérôme, Tjadens, Frits
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2011
Series:OECD Health Policy Studies
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Collection: OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Summary and Conclusions
  • Glossary
  • Sizing Up the Challenge Ahead
  • Foreword
  • How to Prepare for the Future Long-term Care Workforce?
  • Can We Get Better Value for Money in Long-term Care?
  • Policies to Support Family Carers
  • Private Long-term Care Insurance
  • Executive Summary
  • The Impact of Caring on Family Carers
  • Long-term Care
  • Acknowledgements
  • Long-Term Care Workers
  • Where To? Providing Fair Protection Against Long-term Care Costs and Financial Sustainability
  • Public Long-term Care Financing Arrangements in OECD Countries