Evaluating the quality of long-term care services in the city of La Plata, Argentina

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11199271
AutoresPeter Lloyd-Sherlock (0000-0002-1367-0703, University of East Anglia, autor de correspondencia), Bridget Penhale (0000-0002-8487-0606, University of East Anglia), Nélida Redondo (0000-0001-5548-5939, Favaloro Foundation)
Año2021
Volumen41
Número1
Páginas208-230
Fecha de publicación2021-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAgeing and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0144-686X • E-ISSN: 1469-1779
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0144686x1900103x
OpenAlexW2969379455
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas24

This paper reports on an innovative survey of long-term care facilities for older people in the Argentine city of La Plata. It applies a range of qualitative methodologies, including a clandestine audit conducted by older people living in the community. The paper pays particular attention to the types and availability of services, perceived quality and the rigour of regulatory processes. It finds that there has been a rapid growth in the availability of formal services, but that there are many gaps in provision, especially for older people with complex care needs. There are strong indications that service quality is uneven and, in some cases, this amounts to the contravention of basic human rights. State regulation is hampered by institutional fragmentation and weak governance. A wider set of expert interviews and the limited available published information indicate that these findings are unlikely to be exceptional, and that similar issues affect rapidly emerging long-term care systems in many low- and middle-income countries

Business · Corporate governance · Economic growth · Economics · Long-term care · Political science · Public economics · Public relations · Quality (philosophy) · Rigour · Finance · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Nursing