An international review of the long-term care workforce: Policies and shortages

Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 75-94

  Hussein, Shereen ^a   Manthorpe, Jill ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative care systems; Long term care; Older people; Population aging; Social care workforce

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; ELDERLY CARE; POLICY MAKING;

AGED; ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LONG TERM CARE; MANPOWER; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS;

AGED; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LONG-TERM CARE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 33644967248     PISSN: 08959420     EISSN: 15450821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J031v17n04_05     Document Type: Article

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