Amazon.com description: Product Description: Longer life, viewed in some cultures as a prime achievement of civilized progress, and in others as a problem which bodes ill for the economic future, is neverless a demographic fact, at least in the developed countries, and in projection, in the developing countries as well. As there are national differences in the view of these changes, there are also differences in the view of their implications for public policy. This volume offers an in-depth look at the diverse ways industrialized nations are responding to the need for increased long-term care for the elderly. Experts from around the world address organizational and cost issues while offering innovative solutions for common problems in providing quality care for the elderly.