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Home Care for the Elderly: An International Perspective
Home Care for the Elderly An International Perspective Author:Abraham Monk, Carole Cox This work presents the results of a study that analyzes how the countries of Argentina, Canada, England, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden have responded to the increasing need for home health care. The study, compiled with the cooperation of a team of researchers in each country, avoids isolated, fragmented solutions to the problem in favor o... more »f a more holistic profile of programs and services, placing them within the general policy and cultural framework of each region. It then examines the applicability of those home care programs deemed most effective to the needs of the United States as it too attempts to deal with a growing older population and the prohibitive costs of institutionalized care.« less