Canada’s Care Economy: A Conceptual Framework

Wray, D., Badets, J., Keating, N. and Fast, J. (2023) Canada’s Care Economy: a Conceptual Framework. Statistics Canada. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/89-652-x/89-652-x2023002-eng.htm

Housing America’s Older Adults

Housing America’s Older Adults: Increased government support in the form of additional assistance for rent, accessibility modifications, and services and supports for older households with lower incomes could help alleviate the dual burden of housing and care costs. Better coordination of health and housing programs could help increase the efficiency of both.

Housing America’s Older Adults (2023) Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University Harvard Graduate School of Design | Harvard Kennedy School.

Long-Term Care of older persons and persons with disabilities in the Western Balkans

This report provides a comparative overview of the condition of long-term care systems in the Western Balkans and provides insights to develop recommendations to strengthen Long-Term Care in the Western Balkans. It was developed as part of a three-year programme in the Western Balkans region entitled “Strengthening the resilience of older people and people with disabilities during COVID-19 and future disasters” coordinated by the Serbian Red Cross and covering Serbia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia and Kosovo and was funded by the European Union, the Austrian Development Agency and the Austrian Red Cross.

A summary of this report is also available here and as a video: Pristup uslugama dugotrajne nege u Srbiji – YouTube

Božidar Dakić, Tijana Veljković, Olivera Vuković, Nataša Todorović and Milutin Vračević (2023) Long-Term Care of older persons and persons with disabilities in the Western Balkans. Red Cross of Serbia. long-term-care-of-older-persons-and-persons-with-disabilities-in-the-western-balkans.pdf (redcross.org.rs)

Older Persons and Community Care in South Africa Report

This report provides evidence on how families interact with services, policies, and infrastructures of care at the community level. It presents four key areas of discussion which focussed on 1) experiences of family care, 2) challenges of family care, 3) support services available and 4)support services needed. The authors provide recommendations regarding adjustments to policies and services that can better support family caregiving.

Moore, Elena; Kelly, Gabrielle (2023). Older Persons and Community Care in South Africa Report. University of Cape Town. Report. https://doi.org/10.25375/uct.24146409.v4

Funding Elder Care in South Africa Report

Report examining funding for care for older people in South Africa

Moore, Elena; Kelly, Gabrielle (2023). Funding Elder Care in South Africa Report. University of Cape Town. Report. https://doi.org/10.25375/uct.24146772.v3

COVID-19 and the Long-Term Care system in Japan

Estevez-Abe M., Ide H., Curry N., Hemmings N. and Comas-Herrera A. (2021). COVID-19 and the Long-Term Care system in Japan. In: Comas-Herrera A., Marczak J., Byrd W., Lorenz-Dant K., Pharoah D. (editors) LTCcovid International Living report on COVID-19 and Long-Term Care. LTCcovid, Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://ltccovid.org/covid-19-and-the-long-term-care-system-in-japan/

Global Report on Long-Term Care Financing

Caring from a distance: What can we learn from carers’ experiences of using new and familiar ways to stay in touch with family and friends in care homes during Covid-19?

White C., Wray J., Whitfield C., Wolverson E. (2021)   Caring from a distance: What can we learn from carers’ experiences of using new and familiar ways to stay in touch with family and friends in care homes during Covid-19? University of Hull https://www.hull.ac.uk/work-with-us/research/groups/docs/caring-from-a-distance-report.pdf 

Social Innovation in LTC in Europe: Towards a common narrative for change. InCARE Short Report No.1

Ilinca S., Simmons C., Zonneveld N., Benning K., Comas-Herrera A., Champeix C., Nies H. and Leichsenring K. (2021) Social Innovation in LTC in Europe: Towards a common narrative for change. InCARE Short Report No.1

Pricing long-term care for older persons

Report describing experiences of high-income countries in financing long-term care, focusing on price setting and sharing experiences of how pricing is used to contribute to broader LTC policy objectives. Includes case studies on Australia, France, Germany, Japan, Republic of Korea, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United States of America.

Barber SL, van Gool K, Wise S, Woods M, Or Z, Penneau A, Milstein R, Ikegami N, Kwon S, Bakx P, Schut E, Wouterse B, Flores M and Lorenzoni L. Pricing long-term care for older persons. Geneva: World Health Organization, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; 2021. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/344505/9789240033771-eng.pdf