Long-term nursing home care in the Netherlands
During the 1960s and 1970s, The Netherlands had one of the youngest populations in Western Europe. In fact, a significant increase in the proportion of elderly in the population will not begin until after the year 2010. Despite this relatively late aging of the population, the Dutch government developed a policy on aging at an early stage, with particular attention to institutional care for the elderly. This move resulted in a high proportion of elderly living in institutions. In 1982, 3 per cent of the 65 + population lived in nursing homes and 9 per cent in homes for the elderly. These care... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 1996 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | van den Heuvel , W J A 1996 , ' Long-term nursing home care in the Netherlands ' , Canadian journal on aging-Revue canadienne du vieillissement , vol. 15 , pp. 46-58 . https://doi.org/10.1017/s0714980800005730 |
Schlagwörter: | nursing home / home for the elderly / demography / aging of population / health insurance / policy on aging |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27210266 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://hdl.handle.net/11370/745188a5-e49d-4caf-a08d-3519fac98a7c |