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Long-term care: future provision and funding; minutes of evidence, Thursday 23 November 1995
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Commons. Health Committee
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 10p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Small board-and-care homes: residential care in transition
- Authors:
- MORGAN Leslie A., ECKERT J. Kevin, LYON Stephanie M
- Publisher:
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 245p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Baltimore, MD
Research study looking at long term care for older people in the United States, and in particular at services for people over 85. Examines the use of small homes offering board and care as community based alternatives to long term residential care. Looks at: the board and care environment; financial issues; owners, operators and managers; the residents; social support and relationships in the homes; and at the future of small board and care homes.
Continuing care: taking out protection
- Author:
- HALL Michael
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.10.95, 1995, p.5.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Forecasters predict rising numbers of older people who will be less able to pay for their own care. Argues that soon there will not be enough money to meet care bills.
The European Union and older people with disability
- Author:
- EUROLINK AGE
- Publisher:
- Eurolink Age
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 19p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Short booklet setting out what the European Union is doing for older, disabled people. Explains how individuals and organisations acting on their behalf can take advantage of opportunities which exist. Includes comprehensive list of organisations.
The long and the short of it
- Author:
- HUNTER Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 2.11.95, 1995, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
The case for and against the NHS providing long-term care was put with passion by both sides in the HSJ/Glaxo debate. Reports on the discussion which featured contributions from: Anna Coote, William Laing, Lionel Joyce and Sally Greengross.
Who pays? negotiating a new care contract
- Author:
- DENEGRI Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 3(3), May 1995, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
The issue of who pays for long-term care is rising up the political agenda. Considers the direction of debate.
Into the wilderness
- Author:
- HARDING Tessa
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 27.4.95, 1995, p.20.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The debate in Britain about long-term care policies echoes controversy in the USA where fear of growing old is compounded by fear of being too poor to afford care. Discusses the cost of needing long term care.
Den nya aldreomsorgen (The new elder care)
- Authors:
- EDELBALK Gunnar, LINDGREN Bjorn
- Journal article citation:
- Nordisk Sosialt Arbeid, 4,, 1995, pp.269-278.
- Publisher:
- Universitetsforlaget AS
Eldercare in Sweden since the middle of the 1960s has been characterized by a heavy drive towards helping old people live at home with support from home help. The state subsidised municipal eldercare in two ways: through state contributions to home help and through housing benefit. There were no comparable forms of support for old people's homes. In the 1980s the problems of the existing eldercare policy became obvious. Home residence with home help proved to be relatively expensive for pensioners with large care needs. The economic strains and the new cost-awareness led to a reappraisal of the policy. In 1992 the municipalities were given total responsibility for elder-care and medical care for the elderly. The new conditions have given Swedish eldercare a new direction. It has become less generous. A new form of care, half-way between old people's homes and nursing homes, is being developed.
How costly is it to care for disabled elders in a community setting?
- Authors:
- HARROW Brooke S., TENNSTEDT Sharon L., McKINLAY John B.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 35(6), December 1995, pp.803-813.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Describes the total cost of care, including both informal caregiving and formal services for a cohort of disabled elderly living in the community in the USA. Increased disability was associated with increased costs. High-cost elders were more likely to be severely disabled, live with their caregiver, and become institutionalised. For most elders, even the cost of a complete substitution of informal care for formal services, plus living expenses, was less costly than nursing home care.
Resource scarcity chasing scarce resources: health economics and geriatric psychiatry
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 10(10), October 1995, pp.821-829.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Considers the prevalence and service need patterns for dementia in the UK and the effect of predicted demographic changes on the situation. Includes estimates of the proportion of people with Alzheimer's Disease and the costs attributed to the services and support provided. Also looks at the usefulness of burden-of-illness studies or cost-of-illness studies. Concludes that although health economists are beginning to contribute to better planning and provision of services for elderly people with psychiatric problems it will be some time before they make a significant impact.