Integrated Long-Term Care ‘Neighbourhoods’ to Support Older Populations: Evolving Strategies in Japan and England

Ala Szczepura (), Harue Masaki, Deidre Wild, Toshio Nomura, Mark Collinson and Rosie Kneafsey
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Ala Szczepura: Research Centre for Healthcare and Communities, Institute for Health & Wellbeing, Coventry University, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK
Harue Masaki: Graduate School of Nursing, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
Deidre Wild: Research Centre for Healthcare and Communities, Institute for Health & Wellbeing, Coventry University, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK
Toshio Nomura: Research Centre for Healthcare and Communities, Institute for Health & Wellbeing, Coventry University, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK
Mark Collinson: MC2S Consultancy Services, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire B48 7JX, UK
Rosie Kneafsey: Research Centre for Healthcare and Communities, Institute for Health & Wellbeing, Coventry University, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 14, 1-13

Abstract: Western countries are currently facing the public health challenge of a rapidly aging population and the associated challenge of providing long-term care services to meet its needs with a reduced working age population. As people age, they will increasingly require both health and social care services to maintain their quality of life and these will need to be integrated to provide cost-effective long-term care. The World Health Organization recommended in 2020 that all countries should have integrated long-term care strategies to better support their older populations. Japan, with the most rapidly ageing society in the world, started to address this challenge in the 1990s. In 2017, it introduced a national policy for integrated long-term health and social care services at a local geographical level for older people. England has recently embarked on its first plan aiming for the integration of services for older people. In this article, we compare these approaches to the integration of long-term care systems, including the strengths of each. The paper also considers the effects of historical, cultural and organizational factors and the emerging role of technology. Finally, we identify critical lessons that can inform strategy development in other countries, and highlight the need to provide more international comparisons.

Keywords: integrated health and social care; national strategy; older people; aging in place; international comparison; Japan; family carers; digital technology; community-based care; COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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