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| The health and long-term care policy challenges of Alzheimer's disease | | Author(s) | J A Riggs |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 5, supplement 1, May 2001 |
| Pages | pp S138-S145 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Health services ; Services ; Long term ; Policy ; Research Reviews ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The growth of an ageing population, its increasing ethnic and cultural diversity, and the changing nature of Alzheimer's disease (AD) treatment and care demand change in the financing and delivery of health and long-term care in the US. These challenges will require public policies that are well-informed by behavioural, social and health policy research. The issues fall into three broad categories, each of which raises questions for research: the cost of AD care; Medicare and health care policy; and long-term care policy including support of the appropriate role of family caregivers, and meeting the need for affordable long-term care. The paper calls for closer collaboration between the research community, policy makers and advocates to assure that science is addressing the most urgent policy questions, and that relevant research is being translated and communicated to policy makers in a timely fashion. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010703218 A |
| Classmark | EA: L: I: 4Q: QAD: 3A:6KC: 7T |
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