Regulating Long-Term Care Quality

An International Comparison

Vincent Mor editor Tiziana Leone editor Anna Maresso editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:6th Feb '14

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An international survey of different approaches to the provision and regulation of long-term care for the elderly.

How to care for the increasing number of elderly people in the global population is a challenge facing governments in both the developed and the developing world. Using a series of case studies from Europe, North America and Asia, this book surveys different approaches to long-term care provision and regulation.The number of elderly people relying on formal long-term care services is dramatically increasing year after year, and the challenge of ensuring the quality and financial stability of care provision is one faced by governments in both the developed and developing world. This edited book is the first to provide a comprehensive international survey of long-term care provision and regulation, built around a series of case studies from Europe, North America and Asia. The analytical framework allows the different approaches that countries have adopted to be compared side by side and readers are encouraged to consider which quality assurance approaches might best meet their own country's needs. Wider issues underpinning the need to regulate the quality of long-term care are also discussed. This timely book is a valuable resource for policymakers working in the health care sector, researchers and students taking graduate courses on health policy and management.

'The demand for improvements in the quality of long term care - from ensuring that care is at least adequate, through to raising standards of provision generally - has never been higher. Regulation plays a key role in this process, but regulation of long term care is a challenging and complex process, with a variety of ways in which it can be approached. To make regulation most effective it is important that we learn from others. This invaluable book draws together experiences from a wide variety of countries, in a clear and structured way, allowing the reader to place the regulatory approaches used in context, enhancing the value of the information provided. The wealth of information here will be a valuable resource all those concerned with regulation and raising quality, including regulators, policy makers and academics.' Ann Netten, Personal Social Services Research Unit, University of Kent

ISBN: 9781107042063

Dimensions: 235mm x 156mm x 30mm

Weight: 870g

519 pages