Journal of Aging and Geriatric MedicineISSN: 2576-3946

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Howard A Palley Author

Subjects of specialization
Aging population;Biomedical; Embedded; Long time care services

Affiliation
Professor Emeritus of Social Policy, School of Social Work, Distinguished Fellow, Institute for Human Services Policy, University of Maryland, USA

Biography

Howard A Palley Professor Emeritus of Social Policy, School of Social Work, Distinguished Fellow, Institute for Human Services Policy, University of Maryland, USA


Publications

Editorial Open Access

Examining Some International Trends in Long-Term Care Services Policy for the Elderly

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Howard A Palley

Globally, national policies regarding long-term care are a mixture of “embedded” policies and trans-national trends. Health and related long-term care policies are “embedded” in situations that are unique to specific countries. The specific contexts of such policies include many aspects such as demographic characteristics, socio-cultural factors, governmental organization and political circumstances. These factors create existential limits to choices to some extent that are termed “path dependency” or “sunken costs.” Such path dependency shapes the trajectory of emerging health and related long-term care policies.

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