Devolution and Aging Policy

ISBN-13: 9780789020819 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 288 str.

Francis G. Caro

Opis

This unique addition to the literature on aging policy will help you understand devolution - the decentralizing of service provision. It will show you how to initiate innovations and make positive changes in ageing policy through state and local initiatives, collaborations between the government and other government agencies, public/private collaboration, and strictly private initiatives. From the editors: Around the world, the ground rules are being questioned about the role of national governments in addressing domestic needs. During the twentieth century in countries throughout the world, central governments assumed major responsibilities for a wide variety of human needs. Whether the concern was income security, health, housing, or education, interventions were premised upon convictions that a strong public sector role was essential and that major involvement of national governments was needed. More recently, a significant pattern devolution] has emerged in many countries wherein these responsibilities have shifted away from national governments to regional and local governments as well as from the public to the private sector.Thoughtfully divided into five sections that illustrate distinctly different forms of devolution, this book first provides an essential overview of devolution and then examines its implications for vital aspects of service provision to the elderly.

Spis treści

• INTRODUCTION
• Devolution and Aging Policy
• IMPLEMENTATION OF ESTABLISHED FEDERAL-STATE PROGRAMS
• State Discretion and Medicaid Program Variation in Long-Term Care: When Is Enough, Enough?
• Devolution of Employment and Training Policy: The Case of Older Workers
• Volunteerism and Social Capital in Policy Implementation: Evidence from the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program
• INNOVATION WITHIN ESTABLISHED FEDERAL-STATE PROGRAMS
• Partnership Insurance: An Innovation to Meet Long-Term Care Financing Needs in an Era of Federal Minimalism
• Implementation Issues for Consumer-Directed Programs: Comparing Views of Policy Experts, Consumers, and Representatives
• A FEDERAL DEMONSTRATION TO STIMULATE SERVICE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN STATES
• Weighing the Success of a National Alzheimer’s Disease Service Demonstration
• PUBLIC SECTOR, STATE, AND LOCAL INITIATIVES
• Strengthening Senior Tax Credit Programs in Massachusetts
• Assessing State Efforts to Meet Baby Boomers’ Long-Term Care Needs: A Case Study in Compensatory Federalism
• Naturally Occurring Retirement Community-Supportive Service Program: An Example of Devolution
• Information Technology Issues in an Era of Greater State Responsibilities: Policy Concerns for Seniors
• PRIVATE SECTOR INITIATIVES
• A Consumer Cooperative Association Specializing in Services for the Elderly
• Kaiser Permanente’s Manifesto 2005 Demonstration: The Promises and Limits of Devolution
• Age Concerns: Innovation Through Care Management
• Index
• Reference Notes Included

O autorze

Francis G Caro, Robert Morris *Deceased*