"This book explores the issues pertinent to health cost and ways of financing health care, development of innovative service models to meet the increased demands, designing infrastructure of collection and utilization of data for performance and quality improvement, and setting the framework for training and research in long-term care"--Provided by publisher.

• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Book Series
• Editorial Advisory Board and List of Reviewers
• Table of Contents
• Detailed Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgment
• Section 1: Policies and Systems
  • Chapter 1: The Economics of Long-Term Care
  • Chapter 2: Moving Towards Universal Health Coverage
  • Chapter 3: Long-Term Care Spending Relevant to U.S. Medicaid Expansion
  • Chapter 4: The Continuum of Care
  • Chapter 5: United Kingdom Health Promotion Initiatives for Healthy Aging
  • Chapter 6: Public-Private Partnership in Health and Long-Term Care
• Section 2: Management and Solutions
  • Chapter 7: Development of Accreditation Approach of Elderly Care Service Providers
  • Chapter 8: Integrated Care as a Strategic Solution for Active Aging in the Community
  • Chapter 9: Knowledge Management for Health Care and Long-Term Care in the Technology-Organization-Environment Context
  • Chapter 10: Using Pervasive Computing for Sustainable Healthcare in an Aging Population
  • Chapter 11: Corporate Social Responsibility of Long-Term Care Service Enterprises
  • Chapter 12: Contributions of Volunteers in Long-Term Care in Hong Kong
• Section 3: Innovation in Practice
  • Chapter 13: SSLD and Senior Service
  • Chapter 14: Aging in Place
  • Chapter 15: Preferred Place of Care and Death Among the Terminally Ill
  • Chapter 16: Community-Based Rehabilitation in Hong Kong
  • Chapter 17: Chinese Herbal Medicine in the Management of Atherosclerosis-Related Chronic Conditions in an Aging Population
  • Chapter 18: Eating Habits of Young Persons for Healthy Aging
• Compilation of References
• About the Contributors
• Index