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The Future of Long-Term Care

Social and Policy Issues

edited by Robert H. Binstock, Ph.D., Leighton E. Cluff, M.D., and Otto von Mering

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Drawing on a distinguished group of contributors, The Future of Long-Term Care looks at the full range of issues likely to affect planning and policy for this important facet of the health care system. Health policy, gerontology, and geriatrics professionals will find this a useful book for reference, programming, and planning.

Long-term care has emerged as an important issue in American society. The population of persons with chronic illnesses and disabilities, dependent upon supportive care, has grown rapidly and will increase sharply when Baby Boomers join the ranks of old age in the early...

Drawing on a distinguished group of contributors, The Future of Long-Term Care looks at the full range of issues likely to affect planning and policy for this important facet of the health care system. Health policy, gerontology, and geriatrics professionals will find this a useful book for reference, programming, and planning.

Long-term care has emerged as an important issue in American society. The population of persons with chronic illnesses and disabilities, dependent upon supportive care, has grown rapidly and will increase sharply when Baby Boomers join the ranks of old age in the early part of the twenty-first century. Yet the financing and provision of adequate supportive care is becoming increasingly problematic for individuals, families, health care organizations, and governments.

Drawing on a distinguished group of contributors, The Future of Long-Term Care looks at the full range of issues likely to affect planning and policy for this important facet of the health care system. Comprehensive and multidisciplinary in scope, it examines the developments that have brought long-term care to the forefront of nationwide concern, as well as the factors that will make it more pressing in the future. The chapters discuss the history of the issues; populations needing care and the challenges of providing it; the future of settings for care; and social and policy concerns. Health policy, gerontology, and geriatrics professionals will find this a useful book for reference, programming, and planning.

Topics and contributors include: Issues Affecting the Future of Long-Term Care Robert H. Binstock, Leighton E. Cluff, and Otto von Mering The Evolution of Long-Term Care Martha Holstein and Thomas R. Cole Forecasting the Future of Long-Term Care Dennis Kodner Older People Dependency, and Trends in Supportive Care T. Franklin Williams and Helena Temkin-Greener Trends among the Younger Persons with Disability and Chronic Disease A. E. Benjamin The Role of Technology in Long-Term Care Leighton E. Cluff Care for Persons with Complex Chronic Illness Mathy D. Mezey Care in the Nursing Home Robert L. Kane Care in the Home and Other Community Settings James J. Callahan, Jr. The Financing and Organization of Long-Term Care Mark Meiners The Politics of Enacting Long-Term Care Insurance Robert H. Binstock Ethical Issues in Long-Term Care Nancy Neveloff Dubler American Culture and Long-Term Care Otto von Mering Forecasting the Future of Long-Term Care Dennis L. Kodner

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This book considers long-term care in the United States in a variety of contexts including accessibility, needs assessment, and affected populations. The authors examine the history and evolution of long-term care through to the present and speculate about the future, asking questions such as what will future nursing home care entail, and what role will economic, political, and cultural factors play?

The Future of Long-Term Care... is the product of the first National Health Forum held at the University of Florida in 1992. The book examines the developments that have brought long-term care to the fore as an area of substantial concern, as well as the factors that will likely make it even more pressing in the future. The book includes chapters written by a distinguished panel of gerontologists and health policy experts.

Provides a broad view of the history of long-term care policies and programmes in the United States, highlights current issues, and assesses future prospects... this is a readable, well-referenced volume which presents a useful overview of LTC issues and policy perspectives.

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320
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9780801853203
Table of Contents

List of Contributors
Preface
Part I: Overview and History of the Issues
Chapter 1. Issues Affecting the Future of Long-Term Care
Chapter 2. The Evolution of Long-Term Care in America
Part II: Populations

List of Contributors
Preface
Part I: Overview and History of the Issues
Chapter 1. Issues Affecting the Future of Long-Term Care
Chapter 2. The Evolution of Long-Term Care in America
Part II: Populations Needing Care and Issues of Providing Care
Chapter 3. Older People, Dependency, and Trends in Supportive Care
Chapter 4. Trends Among Younger Persons with Disability of Chronic Disease
Chapter 5. The Role of Technology in Long-Term Care
Chapter 6. Challenges in Providing Care for Persons with Complex Chronic Illness
Part III: Exploring the Future of Settings for Care
Chapter 7. The Evolution of the American Nursing Home
Chapter 8. Care in the Home and Other Community Settings: Present and Future
Part IV: Social and Policy Issues
Chapter 9. The Financing and Organization of Long-Term Care
Chapter 10. The Politics of Enacting Long-Term Care Insurance
Chapter 11. Reflections on Some Ethical Issues in Long-Term Care
Chapter 12. American Culture and Long-Term Care
Epilogue
Chapter 13. Foreseeing the Future of Long-Term Care: The Highlights and Implications of a Delphi Study
Index

Author Bios
Robert H. Binstock
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Robert H. Binstock, Ph.D.

Robert H. Binstock (1935–2011) was, at the time of his death, a professor of aging, health, and society at Case Western Reserve University, where he taught in the public health program and also in the departments of medicine, epidemiology and biostatistics, bioethics, and in the School of Nursing and the College of Arts and Sciences.
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Leighton E. Cluff, M.D.

Leighton E. Cluff, M.D., is a professor emeritus at the University of Florida College of Medicine and former president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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Otto von Mering

Otto von Mering, Ph.D., is professor of anthropology and professor of medicine, and director emeritus of the Center of Gerontological Studies at the University of Florida.