Long Term Care for Older Adults Challenges, Innovations and Reforms

1                 Long-Term Care for Older Adults – global challenges and reforms

Nicholas Morris, Irene Blackberry, and Virginija Poškutė

2                 China           

Sha Li and Yu-Ching Liu

3                 India             

Mala Kapur Shankardass

4                 Malaysia     

Tengku Aizan Hamid, Rahimah Ibrahim, Asmidawati Ashari, Chai Sen Tyng, and Norisma Aiza Binti Ismail

5                 Taiwan

Jenny Lu (Chia Tzu Lu) and Nicolas Morris     

6                 Japan           

Takeo Ogawa

7                 Germany

Christopher Grages

8                 Poland         

Andrzej Zybała

9                 Denmark

Bent Greve

10              France         

Blanche Le Bihan, Arnaud Campéon, and Claude Martin

11              Portugal      

Alexandra Lopes and Rute Lemos

12              United Kingdom

Alison Alsbury and Matt Morris         

13              Canada        

Lillian Hung and Yong Zhao

14              United States of America

Waqar Ahmad, Alfred Boakye, and Jennifer Craft Morgan

15              Latin America and the Caribbean

Pablo Villalobos-Dintrans, Patricia Morsh, Natalia Aranco, and Déborah Oliveira         

16              Australia      

Sue Jaffer, Nicholas Morris, and Irene Blackberry

17              Long-Term Care for Older Adults - a vision for the future        

Irene Blackberry, Sue Jaffer, Nicholas Morris , and Virginija Poškutė

Biography

Irene Blackberry PhD is a Professor, John Richards Chair in Rural Ageing Research and Director of the Australian Institute of Primary Care and Ageing at La Trobe University. She is an internationally recognised leader in health services research, ageing, implementation science and care economy reform.

Nicholas Morris has over 45 years’ experience advising on care policy. As Deputy Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) in the UK, he pioneered the use of microsimulation analysis of health, tax and benefit systems, and was co-author of the influential book “Reform of Social Security”. At London Economics he advised on the development of GP fundholders, NHS trusts, the relocation of UK hospitals and rural health services. He also served as Governor of the UK charity “Research into Ageing”, and has advised governments in Europe, the Middle East, India, Africa, China and SE Asia on numerous aspects of public investment.

Virginija Poškutė is an economist and social policy analyst at ISM University of Management and Economics in Vilnius. She has been a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley and a Fulbright researcher at the University of Virginia. Virginija has extensive international experience with UNDP, CEPS/INSTEAD, and Leuven University, and has consulted for the World Bank, UN agencies, the European Commission, OECD, and the Lithuanian Government. Her research focuses on social policy, welfare economics, and competitiveness.                                                                                                                                         

“In a world where population ageing is reshaping every society, this handbook reminds us that at the heart of policy are people, families, and communities, and offers both insight and inspiration for building more connected, compassionate, and sustainable care systems. By weaving together global perspectives and practical insights, it highlights what is possible when we approach long-term care with collaboration, innovation, and a shared commitment to dignity in ageing.”

• Gregor Sneddon, Secretary General, International Federation on Ageing, Canada

 

"This handbook provides the critical, overdue attention that Long Term Care requires worldwide. It serves as an invaluable and timely resource for confronting the challenges arising from the global triumph of much longer lives. By synthesizing evidence and diverse approaches from a wide range of countries, the editors have created an essential guide for policymakers and practitioners committed to building sustainable, high-quality care systems."

 

• Somsak Akksilp is Executive Director of the ASEAN Centre for Active Ageing and Innovation (ACAI), ASEAN Main Portal

 

"Long term care is a challenge for the whole world, and this handbook brings together an unprecedentedly wide range of country studies to help us all think about how best to provide the care needed because of the wonderful and massive extension of human life we have seen in the last century. Essential reading."

• Sir Andrew Dilnot, former Chair of the UK Government’s Commission on Funding of Care and Support.