Long term care for older people.

Long-term care is a cross-cutting policy issue that encompasses a range of services for persons who are dependent on help for the basic activities of daily living. When the baby boom generation reaches the oldest age groups over the next three decades, demand for long-term care will rise steeply. How do governments in OECD countries respond to this growing demand? What has been done to increase access to long-term care and to improve the quality and affordability of services? Are there examples of successful strategies to improve the mix of services and policies to enable a larger number of older persons to stay in their homes? And has this helped contain the costs of caring for the elderly?