Aged Care
Feeling in control: comparing older people's experiences in different care settings
The promotion of choice and control for older people is a policy priority for both health and social care services in the UK. For older people receiving care, it seems that having control is less to do with managing by oneself and more to do with having control over the delegation of their care and responsibilities and influencing how and when care and support is delivered.
2014
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China’s Senior Housing – Now and the Future
In this report, Deloitte analyzes China’s senior housing market - where it stands and how it will evolve.
China's ageing population has received growing attention in recent years bringing the issue of "elder care" to the forefront of policy makers, and organizations' minds.
2014
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Adapting to the Challenges of an Ageing Population for Social Housing
The focus of government policy in the UK to date has been on a health care strategy for the elderly that projects more and more integrated social and health services provided in their own home rather than in institutions/hospitals.
2014
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Innovative Seniors Housing and Care Models: What We Can Learn from the Netherlands
This report highlights some innovative seniors housing and care practices from the Netherlands.
The first is the Humanitas Apartments for Life, where if and when residents need assisted living or nursing facility level care, it is brought to them, thereby eliminating stigma and relocation issues.
The second is the unique dementia village of De Hogeweyk.
2014
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Aging Population in China: Having a Senior Moment
The elderly care market in China is still in its infancy, despite the imminent demand of its rapidly aging population.
At present, almost all nursing homes are publicly funded. This article looks at the opportunities for International businesses to provide alternatives to this model.
2014
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A Good Life in Old Age? Monitoring and Improving Quality in Long-Term Care,
Long-term care in Belgium is viewed as a health risk and institutional arrangements reflect a “medical model” of care delivery (as opposed to a welfare model). Belgium’s public health insurance system provides for comprehensive universal coverage for all cost associated with acquiring assistance for daily activities.
2013
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Models of special accommodation for older people across Europe
The purpose of the Report is the provision of an Information Record of models of specialist accommodation and care for older people, and related standards, in use across the countries of the European Union, the acceding and candidate countries, and the EFTA countries: Norway, Switzerland, Iceland and Liechtenstein (in total 38 countries).
2013
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A Good Life in Old Age? Monitoring and Improving Quality in Long-Term Care
The Netherlands was the first amongst OECD countries to introduce compulsory Social Health Insurance for long-term care in 1968. Since 1994, it has been one of the few countries to advocate personal care budgets.
Long-term care in the Netherlands has comprehensive coverage, the possibility to choose services in cash, and a high availability of home care services.
2013
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Intergenerational housing support between retired old parents and their children in urban China
Intergenerational support between parents and children in Chinese cities has been dramatically affected by recent social changes. This paper investigates the changing pattern of intergenerational housing support between retired old parents and their children, and the legacy of public housing in shaping this pattern.
2013
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