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Long-term Care Policies in Comparative Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2008

Georgel L. Maddoc
Georgel L. Maddoc
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Professor of Medical Sociology, Duke University, Durham, USA.
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Abstract

The European Communities provide a contemporary naturally occurring laboratory for the comparative study of social policy formation and implementation. This is particularly the case regarding social policies for ageing populations. The substantive focus of this paper is long-term care policy and, more particularly, policy choices regarding relative emphasis on medical in contrast to social care of dependent older adults. The strategy of the paper is to discuss, first, the limits of comparative theories of social policy formation in predicting policies in a highly value-laden topic like long-term care. The paper then summarises factors which may explain the extraordinary but inconclusive attention given to long-term care policy in the United States. Finally, the paper outlines some questions about LTC policy in the EC which would benefit from comparative policy analysis. Particular attention will be directed to the balance of medical and social care for dependent elderly people, the role of housing policy in the context of general care policy, and the generic issue of public and private sector interaction in welfare states. Systematic exchange of LTC information among EC countries and between these countries and the US is encouraged.

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Ageing & Society , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , September 1992 , pp. 355 - 368
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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