A legislative infrastructure that fosters case management. The Israeli Long-Term Care Insurance Law.
This article presents a legislative infrastructure that fosters the development of case management model and demonstration projects within the framework of the Israeli Long-Term Care Insurance Law of 1988. A brief demographic description of the aged population of Israel is presented along with an outline of the basic policy and service structures. The basic principles of the Long-Term Care Insurance law are presented, discussed and analyzed, outlining the pathways that the law guarantees that foster case management interventions and projects.
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Department of Masters in Gerontology, Faculty of Welfare and Health Studies, University of Haifa, Israel.
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D019090:Case Management; D003256:Community Participation; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D016330:Frail Elderly; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization; D007353:Insurance, Long-Term Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life