Care
One of the aspects of an ageing population is the rise in the oldest old.
The main implication is the significant growth in long-term social care needs, given the decline in physical and mental capacities evident among many of the oldest old. These chronic needs are by definition broader than the acute needs met by the healthcare system. Presently, they are met primarily through either residential or nursing care – at a high cost to local authorities and individuals - or through informal care by friends and relatives.
III International Congress on Long Term Care and Quality of Life (Madrid)
Dr Craig Berry, Senior Researcher at the ILC-UK, spoke on 29th March 2011 at the III International Congress on Long Term Care and Quality of Life in Madrid.
15 April 2011
Integrating health and social care from an international perspective
An ILC-UK report examining the ideas, issues and challenges of the integration of health and social care services.
17 January 2012
Non-Communicable Diseases in an Ageing World
This report highlights the omission of ageing and of Alzheimer’s disease and other related dementias from the current focus of the UN High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases, taking
07 July 2011
National Care Fund Working Groups Report
This report summarises the discussions of two working groups convened by the ILC-UK to explore the ‘National Care Fund’ model, originally set out in the February 2008 ILC-UK publication:
31 July 2009
Evaluation of a Project to Prevent and Treat Elder Abuse and Neglect in the Urban Sector
The study examined a groundbreaking program designed to reduce elder abuse and neglect.
31 May 2009
Innovations in Housing and Care Schemes –Pioneering Citizen’s Initiatives
The preliminary study into Innovative housing and care schemes has been conducted by Jacques Allegro (member of the Executive Board of ILC NL) and Ger Tielen (Director of ILC NL).
31 May 2009
The books examine positive aspects of and successful adaptations to aging and focus on challenges and concerns for families, policy makers, and governments in caregiving and end-of-life issues.
31 January 2009
Caring in the Older Population
In 2008 ILC-UK and the National Centre for Social Research published research on older carers, in a report titled ‘Living and Caring? An Investigation into the Experiences of Older Carers.
31 January 2009
A Continued Survey on a Daily Life of Older People
In a super-aging society Japan it is predicted that people aged 75 or older living alone and elderly couple-only households will go on increasing.
30 December 2008
Driving, Cessation of Driving and Well-being in Old Age
ILC-Israel study on older drivers.
30 September 2008
Françoise Forette, CEO of ILC-France, explores the concept of functional dependency and its link with the increase of longevity.
31 August 2008
A National Care Fund for Long-term Care
This discussion paper puts forward a radical new vision for funding older people’s long-term care - one of the UK's biggest public policy challenges.
28 February 2008
Developing National In-Home Caregiver Training Standards
The Caregiving Project for Older Americans, gathered a blue-ribbon panel of experts in ageing and caregiving to examine existing caregiver training programs and explore the development of national
30 December 2007
