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Successful ageing in long-term care: International comparison and lesson learning

Successful ageing in long-term care: International comparison and lesson learning. Dr Henglien Lisa Chen Lecturer in Social Work Scholl of Education and Social Work University of Sussex h.l.chen@sussex.ac.uk. Context. Research aim and objectives Research method and methodology

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Successful ageing in long-term care: International comparison and lesson learning

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  1. Successful ageing in long-term care: Internationalcomparison and lesson learning Dr Henglien Lisa Chen Lecturer in Social Work Scholl of Education and Social Work University of Sussex h.l.chen@sussex.ac.uk

  2. Context • Research aim and objectives • Research method and methodology • Key findings

  3. Research aim and objectives Netherlands To understand and evaluate current systems of care: • To discover how long-term care of older people was provided in different countries and how their needs and interests were being identified and met • To obtain a better understanding of the implications of long-term care for different welfare systems and to identify the factors that influenced the successful ageing of individuals being cared for England Taiwan

  4. Successful ageing in LTC: Key dimensions QoL Success-ful ageing In LTC QoC Resources + Partnership

  5. Elderly care regimes (Lamura et al. 2007; Esping-Andersen 1990, 1999)

  6. Civil servants, national NGOs, senior officials Local administrators, service providers Assessors, formal carers, informal carers Service users Design and Method • Semi-structured interviews • Informal carer (6 in England, 1 in the Netherlands and 3 in Taiwan) • Formal care (5 in England, 9 in the Netherlands and 9 in Taiwan) • Assessor (11 in England, 8 in the Netherlands and 11 in Taiwan) • Service providers (10 in England, 7 in the Netherlands and 8 in Taiwan) • Local administrators (4 in England, 4 in the Netherlands and 6 in Taiwan) • Civil servants and national NGOs official (3 in England, 4 in the Netherlands and 6 in Taiwan )

  7. Key Findings Perspective at the macro, meso and micro levels

  8. References • Chen, H.L. (under-review) ’The quantity and quality of care workers in long-term care for older people: challenges and responses’, International Journal of Social Welfare • Chen, H.L. (in press) ‘Cross-national qualitative research into the long-term care of older people: some reflections on method and methodology’, European Journal of Social Work. • Chen, H.L., (2010) ‘Cross-national inequalities: long-term care provision in the East and West’, International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, vol. 30, no 3/4, pp. 167-181. • Chen, H. L., (2009) ‘Successful ageing among older people needing care: International comparisons seeking solutions’, Journal of Social & Public Policy Review, vol. 3, no 1. pp. 1-16. • Chen, H. L., (2007) ‘Power and autonomy of older people in long-term care: cross-national comparison and learning’, in Clarke, K. (ed.), Social Policy Review 19, Bristol: The Policy Press. pp. 177-203.

  9. Successful ageing in long-term care: Internationalcomparison and lesson learning Dr Henglien Lisa Chen Lecturer in Social Work University of Sussex, England h.l.chen@sussex.ac.uk

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