Long-Term Care: Learning the Basics

The Evolution of Long-term Care Programs; Comment on “Financing Long-term Care: Lessons From Japan”

The need for long-term care (LTC) represents a “new social risk,” one that overlaps with and complements systems of care that pre-date such programs, complicating LTC program design. This commentary expands on Ikegami’s discussion of how these structural factors must be accommodated, as well as historical and cultural factors that influence public expectations of such a...

Financing Long-term Care: The Role of Culture and Social Norms; Comment on “Financing Long-term Care: Lessons From Japan”

Based on the experiences of Japan and Germany, Ikegami argues that middle-income countries should introduce public long-term care insurance (LTCi) at an early stage, before benefits have expanded as a result of ad hoc policy decisions to win popular support. The experience of the Netherlands, however, shows that an early introduction of public LTCi may not prevent, but ...

the effect of teaching vocabulary through memory learning strategies on iranian intermediate efl learners long-term vocabulary retention

بسیاری از دبیران و دانش آموزان بر این باورند که یادگیری لغات آسان است و شیوه های مختلفی برای یادگیری وجود دارد گرچه یادآوری لغات پس از مدت طولانی بسیار دشوار و پرزحمت است . هدف از این تحقیق آن است که تاثیر استراتژی های حافظه بر روی نگهداری بلند مدت لغات در زبان آموزان خانم سطح متوسط در ایران را بررسی کند. قبل از شروع تدریس، آزمون تعیین سطحی به منظور داشتن زبان آموزان یک سطح برگزار شده و بر اساس...

Financing Long-Term Care: Lessons From Japan

Long-term care (LTC) must be carefully delineated when expenditures are compared across countries because how LTC services are defined and delivered differ in each country. LTC’s objectives are to compensate for functional decline and mitigate the care burden of the family. Governments have tended to focus on the poor but Germany opted to make LTC universally available ...

Current Status of Long-term Care in Taiwan: Transition of Long-term Care Plan From 1.0 to 2.0