03739nam 2200721Ia 450 991082378700332120200520144314.01-280-06046-8978661006046792-4-068082-90-585-46811-7(CKB)111087028330526(SSID)ssj0000083641(PQKBManifestationID)11116382(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000083641(PQKBWorkID)10147683(PQKB)10140813(MiAaPQ)EBC284590(Au-PeEL)EBL284590(CaPaEBR)ebr10040286(CaONFJC)MIL6046(OCoLC)476034659(EXLCZ)9911108702833052620030411d2003 uf 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrKey policy issues in long-term care /[editors, J. Brodsky, J. Habib, and M. Hirschfeld]1st ed.Geneva World Health Organizationc2003xviii, 270 pWorld Health Organization collection on long-term care"The Cross-Cluster Initiative on Long-Term Care, World Health Organization, Geneva and the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research on Health of the Elderly, JCD-Brookdale Institute."92-4-156225-0 Includes bibliographical references.pt. 1. The role of and support to the family -- pt. 2. Issues of integration and coordination -- pt. 3. Human resources -- pt. 4. Evaluating long-term care -- pt. 5. Choosing overall LTC strategies.Demographic and epidemiological transitions will result in dramatic changes in the health needs of the world's populations. Everywhere, there is a steep increase in the need for long-term care (LTC). These trends reflect two interrelated processes. One is the growth in factors that increase the prevalence of long-term disability in the population. The second is the change in the capacity of the informal support system to address these needs. Both of these processes enhance the urgency for public policies to address the consequences of these changes. The growing need for LTC policies is generally associated with industrialized countries. What is less widely acknowledged is that long-term care needs are increasing in the developing world at a rate that far exceeds that experienced by industrialized countries. Moreover, the developing world is experiencing increases in LTC needs at levels of income that are far lower than that which existed in the industrialized world when these needs emerged. This volume addresses many of these issues.World Health Organization collection on long-term care.Long-term care of the sickGovernment policyLong-term care of the sickUnited StatesCaregiversIntegrated delivery of health careIntegrated delivery of health careEuropeLong-term care of the sickGovernment policy.Long-term care of the sickCaregivers.Integrated delivery of health care.Integrated delivery of health care362.16Brodsky Jenny1604760Habib Jack111009Hirschfeld Miriam1604761World Health Organization.Cross-Cluster Initiative on Long-Term Care.WHO Collaborating Center for Research on Health of the Elderly.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823787003321Key policy issues in long-term care3929726UNINA