As people continue to age and receive complex health care services at home, concern has
arisen about the availability of family caregivers and their ability to combine employment …

Canada is a high-income country with a population of 33 million. Life expectancy is high
compared with most OECD countries; however, infant and maternal mortality rates tend to be …

This paper examines the impact of China's public long-term care insurance (LTCI) pilots on
the well-being of older adults and their families. Using panel data from the Chinese …

This paper analyzes the impact of informal care by adult children on the use of long-term
care among the elderly in Europe and the effect of the level of the parent's disability on this …

The health care system in Canada receives a great deal of international attention, but it is
subject to considerable critique and debate locally. Health Systems in Transition: Canada …

The recent growth of the home care sector combined with societal and demographic
changes have given rise to concerns about the adequacy of the supply of family and friend …

International differences in long‐term care (LTC) use are well documented, but not well
understood. Using comparable data from two countries with universal public LTC insurance …

We evaluate a spillover effect of the Japanese public long-term care insurance (LTCI) as a
policy to stimulate family caregivers' labor force participation. Using nationally representative …

While theoretical models on long-term care decisions assume that the health production
function of dependent elderly depends positively on the care received, it has not received …

Encouraging and helping elderly to postpone a nursing home admission appears to be a
win-win that keeps long-term care spending in check and is in line with the target …