Long-Term Care and Ageing : Case Studies - Bulgaria, Croatia, Latvia and Poland

As gains in basic health care increase life expectancy, more people live past the age of 65, a time when the risk of dementia and other degenerative diseases is higher and people are more likely to require long-term care (LTC) services. Whether at...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES AGED AGING AGING POPULATION AMBULATORY MEDICAL CARE BASIC HEALTH CARE BASIC NEEDS BEDS CANTEENS CAREGIVERS CERTIFICATION CHRONIC CONDITIONS CITIZENS CLINICS COMMUNITIES COUNSELORS DAY CARE DEMAND FOR SERVICES DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE DEMOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS DEPENDENCY RATIO DESCRIPTION DISABILITIES DISABILITY DISABLED PEOPLE DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DISEASES DISTRICTS DOCTORS ECONOMIC CAPACITIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ELDERLY ELDERLY CARE ELDERLY MEN ELDERLY PEOPLE ELDERLY PERSONS ELDERLY POPULATION ELDERLY WOMEN EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EXISTING CAPACITY EXPENDITURES FAMILIES FAMILY CARE FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY STRUCTURE FAMILY SUPPORT FEWER BIRTHS FORECASTS FORMAL CARE FOSTER FAMILIES GERIATRICS GERONTOLOGY GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE REFORM HEALTH CARE SECTOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH INSTITUTIONS HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH MINISTRIES HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SPECIALIST HEALTH WORKERS HOME CARE HOMES HOSPICE HOSPICES HOSPITAL HOSPITAL PATIENTS HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ILLNESS ILLNESSES INCOME INDIVIDUAL NEEDS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONALIZATION INTEGRATION INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE ISOLATION LEGAL PROTECTION LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVING ARRANGEMENTS LOCAL COMMUNITY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES LONG-TERM CARE LOWER BIRTH RATES MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL DOCTOR MEDICAL DOCTORS MEDICAL PERSONNEL MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICAL TREATMENT MINISTRY OF HEALTH MOBILITY NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE NATIONAL LEVEL NATURAL ENVIRONMENT NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF CHILDREN PER FAMILY NUMBER OF PEOPLE NURSE NURSES NURSING NURSING CARE OCCUPANCY OLD AGE OLD-AGE PATIENT PATIENTS PENSION PENSIONERS PERSONAL HYGIENE PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES PHYSICIANS POLICY GOALS POPULATION DISTRIBUTION POPULATION DIVISION POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATE POPULATION SIZE PREVAILING ATTITUDES PRIMARY CAREGIVERS PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROGRESS PROVISION OF CARE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICES PURCHASING POWER QUALITY OF CARE QUALITY OF HEALTH QUALITY OF LIFE QUALITY OF SERVICES QUALITY SERVICES REHABILITATION CENTERS RESIDENTIAL CARE RESPITE CARE SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDER SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL ISOLATION SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL REHABILITATION SOCIAL SECTOR SOCIAL SERVICE SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL STRUCTURE SOCIAL SYSTEMS SOCIAL WELFARE SOCIAL WORKERS SPOUSAL SUPPORT SPOUSE SPOUSES SURGERY TOWNS TRANSPORTATION TREATY URBAN AREAS USER FEES VILLAGES VULNERABLE GROUPS WAR WOMAN WORKING POPULATION WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION WORLD POPULATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/783001468016232798/World-Bank-report-long-term-care-and-ageing-case-studies-Bulgaria-Croatia-Latvia-and-Poland http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27848