Long-term care protection for older persons: a review of coverage deficits in 46 countries

Xenia. Scheil-Adlung

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: This paper: (i) examines long-term care (LTC) protection in 46 developing and developed countries covering 80 per cent of the world’s population; (ii) provides (data on LTC coverage for the population aged 65+; (iii) identifies access deficits for older persons due to the critical shortfall of formal LTC workers; (iv) presents the impacts of insufficient public funding, the reliance on unpaid informal LTC workers and high out-of-pocket payments (OOP); and (v) calls for recognizing LTC as a right, and mainstreaming LTC as a priority in national policy agendas given the benefits in terms of job creation and improved welfare of the population.

Keywords: social protection.; long term care; older people; elder care; care worker.; working conditions; social policy; public expenditure; deficit.; protection sociale; soins de longue durée; personnes âgées; soins aux personnes âgées; personnel soignant; conditions de travail; politique sociale; dépenses publiques; déficit; protección social; cuidados de larga duración; personas de edad avanzada; asistencia a las personas de edad avanzada; cuidador; condiciones de trabajo; política social; gasto público; déficit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 99 pages
Date: 2015
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