International Perspectives on State and Family Support for the Elderly

Scott Bass, Jill Norton, Robert Morris *Deceased*

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9781560244806
• eBook ISBN: 9781317837619
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Medical Theory, Practice & Reference

Within the context of long-range planning, this book examines the changing responsibilities of the state and family toward elders in different societies around the world. International Perspectives on State and Family Support for the Elderly presents a fresh range of lucid analyses of family caregiving policy from Canada, the United States, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Austria, Denmark, Israel, and the People's Republic of China. Different institutional structures, levels of economic development, and cultural values, among other factors, impact policy development in various countries. With the information examined in this book, readers can gain an understanding of elder care in other societies, which can help them in developing policies for their own countries.Authors of International Perspectives on State and Family Support for the Elderly address questions such as: Who is responsible for caring for the aged? What are the policy issues that determine how such care is handled in various countries? Are the underlying principles upon which policy is based changing? Who pays for the care of the aged? What is the balance of the roles of government, family, and community? Along with these questions, authors discuss:

• the importance of family care
• the well-being, payment, and rights of informal caregivers
• providing services for informal caregivers
• shifting the burden of care from formal organizations to families
• the effects of governmental frameworks on caregiving
• the impact of the political agenda on caregiving
• caregiving and the welfare stateInternational Perspectives on State and Family Support for the Elderly contains information for all professionals interested or involved in developing policy for the elderly. Demographers, sociologists, social workers, health care and public health professionals, gerontologists, and advanced students in these fields will find this book a helpful guide in their studies.

Index

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), 11

Activities in daily living, formal versus informal assistance with, 188

Acupuncture, 99, 100

Aging, demographic, 59, 66

Alberta, home care services in, 49

Alma Ata Declaration, 180

Alzheimer’s disease patients, caregivers of, 29, 30, 31, 32

Area Agencies on Aging, 26

Attendance allowance programs

in Austria, 160–167

in United Kingdom, 79–80, 145

Australia, income adequacy of elderly population, 8

Austria

eldercare policies, 155–168

attendance allowances, 160–167

informal caregiving systems, 158–167

problems of, 162–164

Reform Act of 1993 for, 161–162

social security system and, 156–159

supportive services, 158–159

income adequacy of elderly population, 8

Baby boom generation, 66–67, 74

Barclay Committee, 120

“Barefoot doctors”, 99, 100

Birth rate

decrease of, 74, 75, 76

in Israel, 190

relationship to demographic aging, 59

in Sweden, 190

British Columbia

health care cost assessment commission, 43

home care services, 49

income supplement program, 62

Quick Response Team, 47

British North American Act of 1867, 62

Brown, Murphy, 60

California, Medicaid-provided family care payment program, 81–82

Canada, social policies affecting eldercare in, 39–72

Canadian Assistance Plan, 24–25, 26

Canadian Pension Plan of 1968, 61–62, 64–65

Charlottetown Accord, 70

contextual/analytical framework of, 58–61

contraindications of, 62–70

federalism and, 13–37, 62

effect on caregiver-oriented policies, 27–32

effect on health care, 18–23

effect on social services, 23–27

future policy developments regarding, 68–70

Guaranteed Income Supplement program, 62

health care expenditures, 40

health care system

cost control policies, 41–45

recent policy de...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• ABOUT THE EDITORS
• Foreword: “De-Constructing” Family Care Policy for the Elderly: A Note
• Introduction: A Global View of Changing State and Family Support for Older Persons
• GENERAL ARTICLES
• The Effects of Federalism on Policies for Care of the Aged in Canada and the United States
• Implications of Shifting Health Care Policy for Caregiving in Canada
• Social Policies Regarding Caregiving to Elders: Canadian Contradictions
• Paid Family Caregiving: A Review of Progress and Policies
• Caregiving and Long-Term Health Care in the People’s Republic of China
• The Changing Responsibilities of the State and Family Toward Elders in Hong Kong
• Under New Management: The Changing Role of the State in the Care of Older People in the United Kingdom
• Eldercare Policy Between the State and Family: Austria
• The Evolution of the System of Care for the Aged in Denmark
• Understanding the Pattern of Support for the Elderly: A Comparison Between Israel and Sweden
• Index