Possibilities and Problems in a Cross-Country Comparative Analysis of Long-Term Care Systems

This article analyses the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on ‘monetised’ family carers’ understanding of their own autonomy in a long-term care relation at home. The reduction or suspension of medico-social service deteriorated the situation of family carers of frail older people or people with disability. We develop and apply an analytical grid of 15 interviews of monetised family carers about the reorganisation of care systems and their situation as carers. We identify three types of understandings of autonomy among family carers in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: preventive autonomy; health protection autonomy; and supported autonomy.

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Palliative Care within Long-Term Care Systems: Beyond End of Life?

Long-Term Care in Europe ◽

10.1057/9781137032348_13 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 278-295

Author(s):

Laura Holdsworth ◽

Georg Ruppe

Keyword(s):

Palliative Care ◽

End Of Life ◽

Long Term Care ◽

Term Care ◽

Care Systems

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Public-Private Partnership in Health and Long-Term Care

Sustainable Health and Long-Term Care Solutions for an Aging Population - Advances in Medical Diagnosis, Treatment, and Care ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-2633-9.ch006 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 103-124

Author(s):

Wing Tung Ho ◽

Ben Yuk Fai Fong

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Long Term Care ◽

Health Care Systems ◽

Public Private Partnership ◽

Term Care ◽

Related Services ◽

Private Partnership ◽

Aging Populations ◽

Care Systems

An exponential growth in elderly population reflects a proportional increase in recourses that are unaffordable and unsustainable to the economy. This rapid demand for health services and long-term care not only leads to non-financial implication like shortage of manpower and long waiting time, but this also creates a large burden on health and related services in the public sector. Involving the private sector to provide better and more efficient facilities and services and to encourage innovation will enhance productivity, speed up project and service delivery, and increase opportunities for investment in health. This chapter examines existing problems within health care systems in aging populations such as Hong Kong, explores the advantages and challenges of Public Private Partnership (PPP), identifies successful factors in establishing PPPs models, reviews the PPP projects in Hong Kong and elsewhere and recommends methods in promoting PPP in health and long-term care as sustainable solutions.

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