Home is where the help is: community-based care in Denmark.
Policy regarding long-term care has been an issue of rising national concern. In this paper we examine the transition of Danish long-term care policy with special attention to Skaevinge, the first community in Denmark to integrate institutional and community-based services for the elderly. Recent studies on the variation between costs and services in Danish communities and the results of U.S. studies on community-based care suggest that successful implementation of integrated institutional and community-based long-term care is feasible in the United States. Lessons from Denmark highlight conditions that will facilitate success in this endeavor.
Stuart
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Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Health Administration and Policy Program, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA. stuart@.umbc.edu
Weinrich
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D000368:Aged; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003718:Denmark; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011640:Public Policy