Options for long-term care: economic, social and ethical choices

Editors:
HARDING Tessa, MEREDITH Barbara, WISTOW Gerald
Publisher:
HMSO/National Institute for Social Work
Publication year:
1996
Pagination:
152p.,bibliog.
Place of publication:
London

Examines the debate around long term care and proposes a different approach to planning for future long term care. Concludes that the increase in expenditure needed over the next 30 years is not so great as to be a cause for alarm, though some reinvestment may be needed in the short term. Suggests that affordability is a question of political choice, rather than economic imperatives. Reviews the values underpinning long term care and proposes a broad based strategic approach. Looks at the issues from the point of view of disabled people as well as older people. Concludes with 2 chapters comparing the situation in the United States and in Germany.

Subject terms:
long term care, older people, physical disabilities, planning, policy formulation, social policy, financing;
Location(s):
Germany, United States
ISBN print:
0 11 702034 6

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