Long Term Care Research Paper

Topic: “Social Policy Issue: Political Institutions and Public Long-term care programs for Elderly”

Readings: one article of student’s choice related to relevant policy

Assignments: Journal 1 (field week 1)—Students should identify a social policy issue that impacts the client population served by their field agency and reflect upon it in their journal entry. It is clearly obvious that in many cases political institutions may influence funding for programs in long-term care facilities. This may including day-care programs we have in places like Eater Seals and St. Joseph agencies. This is particularly, due to public policy decisions made at the state and federal levels. Example of these kinds of problems are the issues of state and federal

Research also proposed, “adults as unpaid laborers within the household is no longer sustainable. In most advanced democracies, therefore, policymakers are now facing growing societal demands for private and public care services for frail elderly people” (Hieda, 2012). This is where advocacy from social workers across the nation and different demographic areas comes to play. For instance research stated that “despite these socio-demographic conditions shared by a number of advanced industrialized democracies, however, elder care policy has enormous variations among them in terms of public spending, coverage, generosity, and the like” (Hieda, 2012). However, it will be accurate to say that, as baby boomers increases in population over the years, so are the need for services and social programs will increased proportionately which is consistent with research as stated “The volume and coverage of their elder care services stand out among advanced democracies. It is true that in the last two decades, while Germany, Luxemburg and Japan started new social insurance schemes to address the growing care demands for frail elderly people, Austria and France established care allowances for the same purpose” (Hieda,