Abstract
Executive summary
Background
The quality of life of older people is significantly affected by the way in which long-term care (LTC) is provided. This presents a challenge to governments to find ways to finance and regulate LTC to provide accessible and high-quality services. This review of international approaches to the provision of LTC has been conducted by Flinders University for the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. The aim of this review is to provide learnings for the aged care system in Australia and to situate the Australian aged care system within the appropriate global context.
Background
The quality of life of older people is significantly affected by the way in which long-term care (LTC) is provided. This presents a challenge to governments to find ways to finance and regulate LTC to provide accessible and high-quality services. This review of international approaches to the provision of LTC has been conducted by Flinders University for the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. The aim of this review is to provide learnings for the aged care system in Australia and to situate the Australian aged care system within the appropriate global context.
Original language | English |
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Publisher | Flinders University |
Commissioning body | Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety |
Number of pages | 134 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-921730-01-6 |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2019 |
Bibliographical note
With the exception of the Coat of Arms and where otherwise stated, all material presented in this publication is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. For the avoidance of doubt, this means this licence only applies to material as set out in this document.The details of the relevant licence conditions are available on the Creative Commons website as is the full legal code for the CC BY 4.0 licence <www.creativecommons.org/licenses>.Keywords
- commissioned report
- review
- international systems
- long-term care
- older people
- Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
- quality of life
- aged care system
- global context