Abstract Background Long term care (LTC) services for functionally impaired senior citizens are crucial for addressing the challenges of aging. However, research on eligibility criteria and coverage of LTC in China is lacking. Our objective is to assess the current status of LTC and explore eligibility criteria and coverage for the elderly. Methods This is a cross-sectional study conducted in two first-tier cities in China. Residents aged 65 or over were recruited from a nursing home and four primary hospitals. Participants were divided into three groups (bedridden, domestic, and community), then six grades (grade one to six) according to the Longshi Scale, and their functional ability was assessed using the Modified Barthel Index. Informat...
How to finance Long-term Care (LTC) has become a major policy issue in China. The provision of LTC f...
The purpose of this study was to explore the perceived unmet needs for community-based long-term car...
Currently, there are many studies focusing on the influencing factors of the elderly people's living...
Session 1175 (Symposium)Meeting Theme: Optimal Aging Through ResearchThis free journal suppl. entitl...
The long-term care of the oldest-old is an important issue in the area of public service for the eld...
OBJECTIVE:To describe Chinese older adults' willingness to enter long-term care facilities and to ex...
Objective: To describe Chinese older adults’ willingness to enter long-term care facilities and to e...
ObjectiveTo describe Chinese older adults’ willingness to enter long-term care facilities and to exa...
Background: In China, the rapid rate of population aging and changes in the prevalence of disability...
Objective Based on theoretical and methodological research and the results of a literature review, w...
Objectives: In China, few studies reported the disability situation and the association between disa...
In China, the rapid rate of population aging and changes in the prevalence of disability among elder...
Background: Long-term care (LTC) services help the elderly maintain their functional ability and liv...
Objectives: The integrated model of frailty shifted the physiologically-dominated view to an integra...
As aging is becoming a global phenomenon, the burden of population aging is increasing rapidly, and ...
How to finance Long-term Care (LTC) has become a major policy issue in China. The provision of LTC f...
The purpose of this study was to explore the perceived unmet needs for community-based long-term car...
Currently, there are many studies focusing on the influencing factors of the elderly people's living...
Session 1175 (Symposium)Meeting Theme: Optimal Aging Through ResearchThis free journal suppl. entitl...
The long-term care of the oldest-old is an important issue in the area of public service for the eld...
OBJECTIVE:To describe Chinese older adults' willingness to enter long-term care facilities and to ex...
Objective: To describe Chinese older adults’ willingness to enter long-term care facilities and to e...
ObjectiveTo describe Chinese older adults’ willingness to enter long-term care facilities and to exa...
Background: In China, the rapid rate of population aging and changes in the prevalence of disability...
Objective Based on theoretical and methodological research and the results of a literature review, w...
Objectives: In China, few studies reported the disability situation and the association between disa...
In China, the rapid rate of population aging and changes in the prevalence of disability among elder...
Background: Long-term care (LTC) services help the elderly maintain their functional ability and liv...
Objectives: The integrated model of frailty shifted the physiologically-dominated view to an integra...
As aging is becoming a global phenomenon, the burden of population aging is increasing rapidly, and ...
How to finance Long-term Care (LTC) has become a major policy issue in China. The provision of LTC f...
The purpose of this study was to explore the perceived unmet needs for community-based long-term car...
Currently, there are many studies focusing on the influencing factors of the elderly people's living...