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The family's role in long-term care
1School of Nursing, University of Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA.
Journal of Gerontological Nursing
|November 14, 1997
Abstract:
Long-term care provided by family members is the central care of our current health care system. The purpose of this article is to review the family's role in long-term care. Issues such as cost containment and inequities in our current social policy are reviewed. Suggestions for future directions in social policy are presented.