Abstract
In France, since 1997, there have been significant efforts to improve and rationalize long-term care services for older persons. Some reforms promoted under the banner of "aging and solidarity" have increased resources to finance more home help for the most dependent older persons-and assist their caregivers. In this regard, the replacement of the disability allowance (PSD) by the more generous personal autonomy allowance (APA) in 2002 is the most important. Others have aimed to rationalize payment for institutional services, taking into account their client "case mix" based on measures of dependency. In addition, there have been central initiatives to encourage healthy aging (bien vieillir) through exercise and nutrition programs. One consequence of the 2003 heat wave (canicule) has been to strengthen political resolve to implement these reforms.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Growing Older in World Cities |
| Subtitle of host publication | New York, London, Paris, and Tokyo |
| Publisher | Vanderbilt University Press |
| Pages | 283-300 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0826514898, 9780826514899 |
| State | Published - 2006 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Social Sciences