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The Economics of Long-Term Care: An Introduction

The Economics of Long-Term Care: An Introduction doi 10.1515/bejeap-2014-0020 BEJEAP 2014; 14(2): 339­342 Editorial Helmuth Cremer* *Corresponding author: Helmuth Cremer, Toulouse School of Economics (IDEI, GREMAQ, and IuF), 21 allée de Brienne, Toulouse 31015, France, E-mail: helmuth.cremer@tse-fr.eu This special issue includes a selection of papers presented at the CESifo Venice Summer Institute workshop on The economics of long-term care held at Venice International University, San Servolo, 18­19 July 2012, which Pierre Pestieau and I jointly organized.1 Long-term care (LTC) is the provision of assistance and services to people who, because of disabling illnesses or conditions, have limited ability to perform basic daily activities such as bathing and preparing meals. It is a problem mainly, though not exclusively, for the elderly. LTC needs may arise from conditions typically affecting the elderly (like Alzheimer or other forms of dementia) or result from various chronic diseases (diabetes or to an increasing extent cancer). In the future, the demand for formal LTC services by the population is likely to grow substantially. There are, currently, three institutions that finance and provide LTC services: the family, the market, and the state. The majority of the dependent population receiving LTC at home relies exclusively on assistance from family members. This avenue for http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy de Gruyter

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doi 10.1515/bejeap-2014-0020 BEJEAP 2014; 14(2): 339­342 Editorial Helmuth Cremer* *Corresponding author: Helmuth Cremer, Toulouse School of Economics (IDEI, GREMAQ, and IuF), 21 allée de Brienne, Toulouse 31015, France, E-mail: helmuth.cremer@tse-fr.eu This special issue includes a selection of papers presented at the CESifo Venice Summer Institute workshop on The economics of long-term care held at Venice International University, San Servolo, 18­19 July 2012, which Pierre Pestieau and I jointly organized.1 Long-term care (LTC) is the provision of assistance and services to people who, because of disabling illnesses or conditions, have limited ability to perform basic daily activities such as bathing and preparing meals. It is a problem mainly, though not exclusively, for the elderly. LTC needs may arise from conditions typically affecting the elderly (like Alzheimer or other forms of dementia) or result from various chronic diseases (diabetes or to an increasing extent cancer). In the future, the demand for formal LTC services by the population is likely to grow substantially. There are, currently, three institutions that finance and provide LTC services: the family, the market, and the state. The majority of the dependent population receiving LTC at home relies exclusively on assistance from family members. This avenue for

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Published: Feb 14, 2014

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