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In this chapter, we make the case for a new age of supported independence by reviewing the demographic context of ageing, disabilities and in-home care. Following agreement among OECD social policy ministers in 1994 on a common priority to support ageing-in-place, there has been in OECD countries a steady increase in the number of older people receiving care in the home. We review this trend, along with the policies that have emerged to determine questions of eligibility and access to the care, and the financing and regulation of care. Since one of our main goals in subsequent chapters is to examine the experience of older people as they are forced to negotiate the transition into dependence on formal care in the home, we also explore the implications of broad policy settings on their potential for choice and control in that process.
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Hale, B., Barrett, P., Gauld, R. (2010). The Demographic and Policy Context of Supported Independence in Later Life. In: The Age of Supported Independence. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8814-7_1
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