Freeman, Emily 
ORCID: 0000-0001-9396-1350, Knapp, Martin ORCID: 0000-0003-1427-0215 and Somani, Ami
(2017)
Long-term care organization and financing.
In: Quah, Stella R., (ed.)
International Encyclopedia of Public Health.
Academic Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 469-476.
ISBN 9780128037089
Abstract
Long-term care is provided for individuals – particularly older people – who have lost self-care capacity because of chronic illness or disability, to improve personal functioning and quality of life. Most long-term care today is provided by unpaid family caregivers, but state-provided and other services are growing in importance. There is increasing emphasis on providing care in community settings in preference to formal residential care settings. Financing of long-term care relies heavily on collective prepayment and out-of-pocket arrangements, with funding shifting increasingly onto service users and families. Self-directed support systems are being introduced in some countries. The future affordability of long-term care is a major challenge across the world.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Official URL: | https://www.elsevier.com/books-and-journals/academ... |
| Additional Information: | © 2017 Elsevier Inc. |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Jan 2017 15:47 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Sep 2025 01:38 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/68899 |
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