| Description |
1 online resource (233 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; 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 |
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Caregiving and Long-Term Health Care in the People's Republic of ChinaThe 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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Older people -- Government policy -- Cross-cultural studies
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Older people -- Care -- Government policy -- Cross-cultural studies
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Older people -- Government policy
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| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Norton, Jill
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Morris *Deceased*, Robert
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| ISBN |
9781317837619 |
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1317837614 |
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