Help Wanted? Providing and Paying for Long-Term Care

This new report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) provides a comparative analysis of the common challenges and diverse solutions OECD countries are adopting to respond to the growing demand for long-term care services, particularly its implications for financing and labour markets.

Chapter 1 and 2 examine the growing demand for long-term care in the context of ageing societies, discuss demographic projections and their implications for long term care labour markets and expenditure

Chapter 3 and 4 discuss the role of family carers, the impact of caring on carers’mental health, poverty and labour market participation, as well as policies to support family carers.

Chapters 7 and 8 analyse, respectively, public and private coverage schemes for long-term care in OECD countries, while Chapter 9 discusses financing policies to improve access while keeping cost under
control.

Chapter 10 reviews options to improve value for money from long-term care services, and to manage more efficiently the interface between health and care.

The webpage for the report provides country data for OECD countries.

www.oecd.org/health/longtermcare/helpwanted