Title: Formal and informal care: new approaches.

POPLINE Document Number: 252239

Author(s):

Daatland SO

Source citation:

In: Health and mortality among elderly populations, edited by Graziella Caselli and Alan D. Lopez. Oxford, England, Clarendon Press, 1996. :315-30.

Abstract:

In this chapter, the author reviews the Scandinavian experience in organizing available resources to provide for a growing elderly population. The focus is on care and services, rather than on pensions and other forms of cash transfer to the elderly. (ANNOTATION)

Keywords:

Old Age Security
Health Services
Older Adults
Demographic Aging
Microeconomic Factors
Economic Factors
Delivery of Health Care
Health
Adults
Age Factors
Population Characteristics
Demographic Factors
Population
Population Dynamics