Abstract
As with many social programs, long-term care (LTC) was not planned; most countries drifted into programmatic responses to an aging society. It is now necessary to rationalize what has evolved in bits and pieces. LTC poses a special problem because it covers so many aspects of life. It is essentially care in response to chronic dependency. It crosses many boundaries: physical and mental health care, health and social care, social services and housing, formal services, and family care.
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Kane, R.L., Kane, R.A. (1990). Long-Term Care. In: Cassel, C.K., Riesenberg, D.E., Sorensen, L.B., Walsh, J.R. (eds) Geriatric Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2093-8_50
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