1st Edition

Shaping Long-Term Care in Emerging Asia Policy and Country Experiences

Edited By Vasoontara S. Yiengprugsawan, John Piggott Copyright 2023
162 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

162 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

162 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Countries are facing increasing life expectancy and a shrinking family size and in effect, this may escalate demands for medical and supportive services. The role of families in providing informal care will remain important. However, the simultaneous decline in the supply of informal caregiving caused by changes in family structure and higher female labour-market participation necessitate the... Read more

1.Setting the Scene 2. Ageing, health, and social transitions in selected emerging Asian economies 3. China long-term care program 4. Public long-term care in Thailand 5. Long-term care development in Vietnam 6. Promoting long-term care in Indonesia 7. Syntheses and ways forward

Biography

Vasoontara Sbirakos Yiengprugsawan is a social epidemiologist and has over 15 years’ experience in development and public health in academia and policy research with international organizations. She held senior research positions (University of New South Wales and Australian National University), a Fellowship with the World Health Organization Asia Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, and an Australian Endeavour Fellowship.

John Piggott is Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR) at the University of New South Wales, where he is Scientia Professor of Economics. He has published widely on issues in retirement and pension economics and finance in the leading international economics and actuarial academic journals.

"A key contribution of the collection is how it brings out both the common challenges which the four countries face in building LTC systems almost from scratch, but also the diversity of approaches in navigating those challenges."

Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, Vol. 38, Issue 2, 2024.