Abstract
Discussions of long-term care usually evoke images of " warehousing" frail older persons in nursing homes, hospitals, and other institutional settings. Most long-term care, however, is provided in the community. As the preceding chapters suggest, world cities have a particularly acute need for innovative solutions for the provision of long-term care. Large older populations face a diverse set of chronic conditions that require flexibility and tailored services difficult to provide in institutional settings. Moreover, specific urban characteristics such as limited land and higher population densities make for costly construction of long-term care facilities. As we show, the solution to some of these challenges is to use the existing housing stock and develop more home-care services.
| 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 | 361-375 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0826514898, 9780826514899 |
| State | Published - 2006 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Social Sciences