The Effect of Long-Term Care Insurance on Home Care Use Among the Disabled Elders

Profiles of Alzheimer's caregivers in Spain: social, educational and laboral characteristics

“…LTC services involve the organisation and delivery of a broad range of services and assistance on a daily basis over an extended period of time. In most cases, this LTC is provided by a caregiver within the family , because when public or private services are available (usually in developed countries), they have been created to help maintain the ageing person within the family environment . Caregiving should be a concern for communities, governments and society as a whole and not only the responsibility of the family; however, in practice, this is the reality encountered.…”

Health Research in JFEI Over a Decade: 2009–2019

“…With a rapidly aging population, Kim et al ( 2012 ) provided useful knowledge about who is at higher risk of using home care services and who has unmet need for home care services by exploring the determinants of access to long term care insurance (LTCI) and LTC utilization in the period 1998–2004. They found that either those with higher incomes or those with Medicaid eligibility had access to long-term care.…”

“…Other studies found that availability of public insurance such as SCHIP increased health utilization among children (Zimmer 2011 ) and increased preventive medical care for mothers (Monheit and Vistnes 2015 ). Kim et al ( 2012 ) found that income, homeownership, and living with children had a significant negative effect on home care utilization but activity limitations and functional disabilities increased the likelihood of using home care. After controlling for endogeneity between LTCI ownership and home care utilization, they found that having insurance did not increase the likelihood of using home care.…”