Klie, Thomas Weller, Christian E
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Journal of aging & social policy
Financing long-term care is a growing challenge in aging societies. To address this challenge, Germany created public long-term care insurance (DPV) more than 25 years ago. Germans still need to prepare for their own care throughout their life course to supplement public insurance. This study presents descriptive statistics and multivariate regress...
Choi, Jae Woo Yoo, Ae Jung
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Journal of aging & social policy
The Korean government implemented the pilot project for community care for older adults in June 2019. This study investigated the outcomes of the pilot project among Korean older adults by linking survey data from the pilot project with data of Korean National Health Insurance Service. The final sample included 17,801 pilot project participants and...
Gonçalves, Judite Filipe, Luís Van Houtven, Courtney H
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Journal of aging & social policy
Hip fractures, strokes, and heart attacks are common acute health events that can lead to long-term disability, care utilization, and unmet needs. However, such impacts, especially in the long term, are not fully understood. Using data from the Health and Retirement Study, 1992-2018, this study examines the long-term trajectories of individuals suf...
Fong, Joelle H
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Journal of aging & social policy
With population aging, governments have become increasingly involved in the administration, funding, and regulation of formal long-term care (LTC) systems. We examine the association between institutional trust and formal LTC service utilization among older adults aged ≥60 years with care needs in South Korea's public LTC scheme. Using data from th...
Glicksman, Allen Rodriguez, Misha Ring, Lauren Lai, Philip Liebman, Michael
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Journal of aging & social policy
Older migrants face special difficulties in the access and use of long-term care services and supports (LTSS). Our study was designed to examine how older persons with limited English proficiency (LEP) in two groups of migrants (Spanish or Chinese speaking) interact with the LTSS system. Focus groups were used to elicit information from members of ...
Falcão Duarte, Carolina Daalhuizen, Jaap Schwennesen, Nete
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Journal of aging & social policy
Preventing infections in nursing homes entails performing behaviors related to hygiene in the ambiguous context of being both a home and a care institution.Care workers experience ambiguity of purpose, environmental ambiguity and information ambiguity when preventing infections in nursing homes.Infection prevention policies need to consider nursing...
Van Cleve, Ray Cole, Evan Drake, Coleman Martsolf, Grant Degenholtz, Howard
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Journal of aging & social policy
Older people with disabilities living independently often use attendant care, also known as Personal Assistive Services (PAS). The aides providing care can come from a home health agency contracted by the state Medicaid authority, known as agency-directed PAS, or the Medicaid recipient can receive a monthly budget and arrange their own care, known ...
Pérez-Durán, Ixchel Hernández-Sánchez, Alfredo
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Journal of aging & social policy
This study examines the extent to which general and substantive accountability is integrated into the language used by key actors involved in nursing home services. Particularly, we investigate the messages used by the supply side, which includes public and private organizations involved in residential care for older adults, and the demand side, wh...
Zhang, Jinbao Chen, Yu-Chih Shi, Cheng Wang, Julia Shu-Huah
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Journal of aging & social policy
Consumer-directed care (CDC) programs for older people aim to optimize health outcomes by offering clients control and flexibility regarding service arrangements. However, policy design features may differ due to heterogenous sociostructural systems. By operationalizing a framework with three dimensions of CDC, i.e. control and direct services, var...
Forden, Jessica
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Journal of aging & social policy
Unpaid eldercare provided by family comes with costs to caregivers, including the limitations eldercare responsibilities may place on labor force participation and work hours. This study examines the relationship between the frequency of unpaid eldercare and work behavior for previously full-time workers using multivariate regression and 2011-2018 ...