T he recent report by the Ontario ministries of Community and Social Services, Health and
Citizenship outlines a plan to restructure the province's long-term care system.'The report …

The aging of the elderly population is of crucial importance as people who are over 80 make
far greater use of health and social services than any other age group. Government …

The review by Goldberg and Connelly of the effectiveness of social care, 1 the Department
of Health review of a decade of funded research in the care of the elderly2 and specific …

A decade of research on home-and community-based long-term care shows that few of the
assumptions behind expectations of tis potential cost-effectiveness were warranted. Few …

The aim of the paper is to examine the costs of care of elderly persons who live in their own
homes as compared to those in residential homes. This is seen as a necessary first step in …

In our health jurisdiction the proportion of elderly people is more than double the national
average, and there is a severe shortage of both home care services and long-term care …

Older people with complex needs are the main group to use these services. Their needs
therefore dictate that services should include support with instrumental and personal …

For more than two decades, community care has been proclaimed the answer to the'social
problem'of the ageing of the population. Since the publication of the Community Care White …

The Older Americans Act clearly affirms our Nation's sense of responsibility toward the well-
being of all of our older citizens.... Every State and every community can now move toward a …

Abstract Background The NHS and Community Care Act 1990, implemented from 1 April
1993, was expected to alter profoundly the provision of domiciliary services to old people …