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Commentary: navigating the labyrinth of long-term care: shoring up informal caregiving in a home- and community-based world.
J Aging Soc Policy. 2009 Jan-Mar; 21(1):1-16.JA

Abstract

Informal caregivers face difficulties navigating the services and funding sources that constitute long-term care. Indeed, barriers to identifying and accessing even the most basic resources compound the sense of isolation felt by millions of unpaid individuals who provide the bulk of long-term care. Though expansion of home- and community-based options is welcomed, it may also shift additional caregiving burden onto an already overburdened informal care system, especially when the intention is to delay or substitute for institutional care. This essay argues that growing government emphasis on rebalancing long-term care away from nursing homes will founder unless public officials recognize increased burdens on the informal care system.

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Miller EA
A. Alfred Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions, Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-1977, USA. edward_a_miller@brown.edu
Allen SM
No affiliation info available
Mor V
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MeSH

AgedCaregiversCommunity Health ServicesHealth Services for the AgedHome Care ServicesHomes for the AgedHumansInformation DisseminationLong-Term CareNursing HomesPatient Care ManagementPublic Policy

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Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

19197605

Citation

Miller, Edward Alan, et al. "Commentary: Navigating the Labyrinth of Long-term Care: Shoring Up Informal Caregiving in a Home- and Community-based World." Journal of Aging & Social Policy, vol. 21, no. 1, 2009, pp. 1-16.
Miller EA, Allen SM, Mor V. Commentary: navigating the labyrinth of long-term care: shoring up informal caregiving in a home- and community-based world. J Aging Soc Policy. 2009;21(1):1-16.
Miller, E. A., Allen, S. M., & Mor, V. (2009). Commentary: navigating the labyrinth of long-term care: shoring up informal caregiving in a home- and community-based world. Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 21(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420802473474
Miller EA, Allen SM, Mor V. Commentary: Navigating the Labyrinth of Long-term Care: Shoring Up Informal Caregiving in a Home- and Community-based World. J Aging Soc Policy. 2009 Jan-Mar;21(1):1-16. PubMed PMID: 19197605.
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