The Family Role in the Context of Long-Term Care

Although bereavement programs in hospice and palliative care settings are known to produce positive outcomes for family members after the death of a loved one, currently there is a clear lack of services offered through long-term care (LTC) facilities, where older adults often reside prior to their death. The purpose of the present article is to present an initial bereavement program called We Care that focused on providing additional support for family members who experience a death of a loved one while in a LTC facility. Goals for the program include: 1) providing ongoing contact with the family for 1 year, and 2) offering a bereavement group. The program's model is explained, with highlights of obstacles experienced and suggestions for future programs.

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Long-Term Care: the State, the Market and the Family

Economica ◽

10.1111/j.1468-0335.2007.00615.x ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 75 (299) ◽

pp. 435-454 ◽

Cited By ~ 27

Author(s):

PIERRE PESTIEAU ◽

MOTOHIRO SATO

Keyword(s):

Long Term Care ◽

The State ◽

Term Care ◽

The Family

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Institutionalization of long-term care for the elderly: the experience of St. Petersburg

Socialʹnye i gumanitarnye znania ◽

10.18255/2412-6519-2021-2-194-203 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 194

Author(s):

Galina V. Kolosova

Keyword(s):

Social Services ◽

Long Term Care ◽

Institutional Development ◽

The Elderly ◽

Term Care ◽

Care For The Elderly ◽

The Social ◽

The Family ◽

Mechanisms Of Formation

The increase in life expectancy and the growth of the elderly population in the Russian Federation, including in St. Petersburg, dictates the need for changes in the areas of social services and health care. This is not surprising, aging today has become a global process that has different mechanisms of formation and differs by country and territory. But the sociological theoretical study of the topic of aging is still insufficient. European states rely on demographic trends, which determine a new approach to assessing the available resources, prospects for the development and improvement of social service systems in the direction of long-term care for the elderly. It is important, while maintaining continuity in the work of the social services established in the 1990s, to actively include the family, NGOs and volunteerism in the development of these institutions. The purpose of this article is to analyze the achievements and barriers to the institutional development of long - term care for the elderly in St. Petersburg. Methodically, the article is based on the analysis of legal acts regulating the development of long-term care, mainly in St. Petersburg. For the care system to take shape, it requires the participation of families, NGOs and volunteer resources, as well as the study of the best Russian and international experience.

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Long-Term Care

10.1093/oso/9780198817055.003.0012 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Pierre Pestieau ◽

Mathieu Lefebvre

Keyword(s):

Social Insurance ◽

Long Term Care ◽

Private Insurance ◽

Care Needs ◽

Term Care ◽

The Family ◽

Two Factors ◽

Long Term Care Insurance

This chapter is concerned with the rise in long-term care needs. Long-term care concerns individuals who are no longer able to carry out basic daily activities. Most of the care is currently provided by informal caregivers, mainly the family, while the role of formal care provided by the state or the market remains small. The chapter explains, however, why informal care is expected to decline and analyses the low private insurance development, the so-called long-term care insurance puzzle. These two factors, the decreasing role of the family and a thin insurance market, plead for the development of a full fledge social insurance for long-term care. The chapter then looks at the optimal design of such an insurance.

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Conseco: Market Assumptions and Risk

Kellogg School of Management Cases ◽

10.1108/case.kellogg.2016.000077 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 1-9

Author(s):

Russell Walker

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Long Term Care ◽

Insurance Industry ◽

New York Times ◽

Front Page ◽

List Type ◽

Term Care ◽

The New York Times ◽

The Family

In March 2007 C. James Prieur, CEO of insurance provider Conseco, was faced with a crisis. The front page of the New York Times featured a story on the grieving family of an elderly woman who had faithfully paid for her Conseco long-term care (LTC) policy, only to find that it would not pay her claims. Her family had to pay for her care (until her recent death), which unfortunately resulted in the loss of the family business. The family was now very publicly pursuing litigation. For a company that depended on thousands of employees, investors, and independent agents who sold the insurance plans, this reputational risk was a serious threat. On top of this immediate crisis, all signs in the industry were pointing to the fact that the LTC business itself was not viable, yet over the years Conseco had acquired a number of LTC insurance providers. Students are asked to analyze not only what Prieur’s priorities should be in addressing the immediate crisis but also the risks inherent in the LTC industry and how this might affect Conseco’s success as a business moving forwardAfter reading and analyzing the case, students will be able to: Analyze the risks in the long-term care insurance industry Distinguish the various types of risk that caused a company’s crisis and recognize the potential for contagion Brainstorm how the risks faced by Conseco could have been avoided or better contained Recommend the first steps C. James Prieur and the Conseco leadership team should take to rectify the New York Times article crisis

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