The Elderly in 2005 : health and care : updated scenarios on health and aging, 1990-2005

Author(s)

• Berg Jeths, A. van den
• Netherlands. Ministerie van Welzijn, Volksgezondheid en Cultuur. Scenario Commissie Vergrijzing
• Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieuhygiëne (Netherlands)
• Netherlands. Ministerie van Welzijn, Volksgezondheid en Cultuur. Stuurgroep Toekomstscenarios Gezondheidszorg

Bibliographic Information

The Elderly in 2005 : health and care : updated scenarios on health and aging, 1990-2005

Scenario Committee on Aging, chair, J. van Leeuwen ; research team, National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection ; principal researcher, A. van den Berg Jeths ; scenario report commissioned by the Steering Committee on Future Health Scenarios

Kluwer Academic , Steering Comittee on Future Health Scenarios, 1994

Uniform Title

Ouderen in het jaar 2005

Note

"Translation of the Dutch original 'Ouderen in het jaar 2005: gezondheid en zorg' by J.L. Phillips"--t.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-199)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The first STG report to embody scenarios on population aging, health and care appeared in 1985. This report describes developments since 1985, reviewing the current position and setting out updated scenarios. The 1985 report set out three scenarios, in which the central focus was on the developing future pattern of demand for care by the elderly. The present report too sets out three scenarios, centring on the demand for care, in which account is taken of a variety of factors; it also details four strategic scenarios whose central focus is on the developing supply of care and which set supply and demand one against the other. Three of the strategic scenarios -- emphasizing respectively intramural, extramural and informal care -- suppose the demand for care to be met in full; the fourth scenario, which rolls current policies on the care of the elderly forward into the future, pinpoints discrepancies between the need for care and the extent to which that need is likely to be met, making clear in so doing that a review of long-term policy for the elderly is urgently needed.

Table of Contents

Summary. Summary of principal points and conclusions. 1. Introduction. 2. Influences on health. 3. Present and future health of the elderly. 4. Influences on the demand for care. 5. Future demand for care. 6. Summary of the three exploratory scenarios. 7. The supply of care. 8. The implications of limited growth. 9. Emphasizing informal care. Bibliography. Appendices.

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• NCID: BA36666136
• ISBN:
  • 0792327837
• LCCN: 94009741
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: dut
• Place of Publication: Norwell, Mass.,Rijswijk, The Netherlands
• Pages/Volumes: 235 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RA564.8
  • DC20 : 362.1/9897/0094920905
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Aged -- Medical care -- Netherlands -- Forecasting
  • LCSH : Medical care -- Needs assessment -- Netherlands -- Forecasting
  • LCSH : Health services accessibility -- Netherlands
  • LCSH : Aged -- Health and hygiene -- Netherlands
  • LCSH : Aged -- Health and hygiene -- Netherlands -- Forecasting