title: The family's role in long-term care.
abstract: Long-term care provided by family members is the central care of our current health care system. The purpose of this article is to review the family's role in long-term care. Issues such as cost containment and inequities in our current social policy are reviewed. Suggestions for future directions in social policy are presented.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Robinson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017028:Caregivers; D003363:Cost Control; D017281:Cost of Illness; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D006291:Health Policy; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States