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The family role in the context of long-term care
Author(s)	Rhonda J V Montgomery
Journal title	Journal of Aging and Health, vol 11, no 3, August 1999
Pages	pp 383-416
Keywords	Family care ; Services ; Health services ; Domiciliary services ; Long term ; Social policy ; United States of America.
Annotation	Current long-term care policy and practices are built on the premise that the family is and should be the primary party responsible for impaired older persons. This article presents evidence that this premise and the resulting policies and practices are built on a myth, fuelled by gender, income, and ethnic inequalities, and largely responsible for the creation of a service system that has inadequate capacity to meet current and future needs. An alternative paradigm, which places responsibility for long-term care needs on the individual, is proposed here and implications for new policy directions are outlined. The author suggests that the projected benefits of this shift in paradigm will be the development of a more viable and more equitable long-term care system that has the capacity to provide high quality care to meet the expanding need. (AKM).
Accession Number	CPA-990826242 A
Classmark	P6:SJ: I: L: N: 4Q: TM2: 7T
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