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Lloyd-Sherlock, Peter, Penhale, Bridget 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8487-0606 and Redondo, Nelida
(2021)
Evaluating the quality of long-term care services in the city of La Plata, Argentina.
Ageing and Society, 41 (1).
pp. 208-230.
ISSN 0144-686X
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Abstract
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.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | latin america,long-term care,older people,quality,social psychology,health(social science),arts and humanities (miscellaneous),geriatrics and gerontology,public health, environmental and occupational health,sdg 3 - good health and well-being,sdg 11 - sustainable cities and communities ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3200/3207 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Life Course, Migration and Wellbeing Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Health and Disease Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Dementia & Complexity in Later Life |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Sep 2019 13:30 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Oct 2022 05:12 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/72122 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0144686X1900103X |
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