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International Perspectives on State and Family Support for the Elderly (Paperback)
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International Perspectives on State and Family Support for the Elderly (Paperback)
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Within the context of long-range planning, this book examines the
changing responsibilities of the state and family toward elders in
different societies around the world. International Perspectives on
State and Family Support for the Elderly presents a fresh range of
lucid analyses of family caregiving policy from Canada, the United
States, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Austria, Denmark,
Israel, and the People's Republic of China. Different institutional
structures, levels of economic development, and cultural values,
among other factors, impact policy development in various
countries. With the information examined in this book, readers can
gain an understanding of elder care in other societies, which can
help them in developing policies for their own countries.Authors of
International Perspectives on State and Family Support for the
Elderly address questions such as: Who is responsible for caring
for the aged? What are the policy issues that determine how such
care is handled in various countries? Are the underlying principles
upon which policy is based changing? Who pays for the care of the
aged? What is the balance of the roles of government, family, and
community? Along with these questions, authors discuss: the
importance of family care the well-being, payment, and rights of
informal caregivers providing services for informal caregivers
shifting the burden of care from formal organizations to families
the effects of governmental frameworks on caregiving the impact of
the political agenda on caregiving caregiving and the welfare
stateInternational Perspectives on State and Family Support for the
Elderly contains information for all professionals interested or
involved in developing policy for the elderly. Demographers,
sociologists, social workers, health care and public health
professionals, gerontologists, and advanced students in these
fields will find this book a helpful guide in their studies.
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