TY  - BOOK
TI  - A good life in old age?: Monitoring and improving quality in long-term care
SN  - 9789264194526
AV  - 2013 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Paris
PB  - OECD
KW  - Older people-care                                                                                                                                                                                        Older people-care government policy
N1  - Executve summary, conclusions and recommendations-Part I. Measuring quality of in llong-term care. Chapter1. Why the quality of long-term care matters. -Chapter2. Measuring quality in long-term care. -Chapter3. Using interRal assessment systems to measure and maintain quality of long-term care.  Part II. Policies to drive quality in long-term care. -Chapter4. regulation to improve quality in long-term care. -Chapter5. Standardisation and monitoring of care processes. Chapter6. Incentives for providers and choice for consumers.  Part III. Care studies: European and the United States. -Chapter7. Quality measurement and improvement in long-term care in europe. -Chapter 8. Long-term care quality assrrance in the United States
N2  - As ageing societies are pushing a growing number of frail old people into needing care, delivering quality long-term care services-care that is safe, effective, and responsive to needs-has become a priority for government. Yet much still remains to be done to enhance evidence-based measurement and improve the quality of long-term care services across EU and OECD countries. This book offert evidence and examples of esaful experiences to help policy makers, providers and experts measure and improve the quequality of long-term care services
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