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Navigating the aged care labyrinth
Navigating the aged care labyrinth
This is a meaty couple of chapters and a complex subject that few, if any, Western nations have come to grips with. We discuss how the US, UK, Australia, Japan and the Nordic countries are tackling the issue.
We discuss the different types of aged care (in-home, retirement villages, sheltered housing, assisted living, care homes and nursing homes) and provide a host of costs and information on each – but it is an enormous subject and the content in the book is designed to kick-start your journey of discovery.
To help with your further research, here are some useful links that we found while we were doing ours:
UK
- EAC First Stop: firststopcareadvice.org.uk/
- Age UK: ageuk.org.uk
- Age International (Age UK’s international arm): ageinternational.org.uk/
- Independent Age: independentage.org/
- International Longevity Centre: ilcuk.org.uk/
- Care Home UK: carehome.co.uk/
- Home Care UK: homecare.co.uk/
- Carers UK: carersuk.org
- Richmond Villages: richmond-villages.com/
- Inspired Villages: inspiredvillages.co.uk/
- Guild Living – retirement villages in urban environments: guildliving.com/
- Hospice UK: hospiceuk.org
Australia
- Celebrate Ageing!: celebrateageing.com/
- The excellent government portal: myagedcare.gov.au/
- Select a care home: Care360.com.au
- Daughterly Care: DaughterlyCare.com.au
- Hospice Care: palliativecare.org.au
US
- Portal on all matters ageing: aging.com
- Benefits: benefits.gov and benefitschekup.org
- Home Care and Aged Living options: assistedlivingcare.com
- Carers: care.com
- Hospice Care: hospicefoundation.org