Global Roadmap for Healthy Longevity (2022) / Chapter Skim
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As with family caregiving, data on training for or quality of paid home care are sparse. Paid caregivers are not always subject to oversight and regulation.
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. FIGURE 6-4 Percentage of older people living in nursing homes.
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. By their very nature, nursing homes limit the freedom of residents because they are required to keep residents safe; this was especially true during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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. At the same time, the adverse experiences with COVID-19 in nursing homes globally may generate increased interest and investment in nursing home alternatives, such as hospital-based extended care units, home care, and other community-based care models.
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In this study, the authors successfully uncovered the changes that occurred in these communities over time; their access to resources; their benefits; and their ability to address the needs of older populations who are seeking this unique overlap of home, commu nity, and care. "At an individual level, campuses increase local access to a coordinated range of health and social care services, supports and housing options.
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Needed as well are data on the quality of family caregiving and paid home care providers, and on the needs of family and paid caregivers. The International Long-Term Care Policy Network captures and makes available data on long-term care, which have been critical to understanding the challenges posed by COVID-19 to long-term care systems and policy responses from countries.9 Research on the following questions also is needed: 9 See https://www.ilpnetwork.org.
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This workforce is overwhelmingly female, often part of the informal economy, and typically very low-wage. The commissioners believe that improving the future of long-term care will require training, safety protections, and adequate pay for these workers.
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