Initiatives to improve the coverage, quality, financial protection and financial sustainability of long-term care: a rapid scoping review

Overview

In an environment of rapidly ageing populations, increasing incidence of chronic illness, increasing life expectancy, changing family dynamics, and projected shortages of paid and unpaid caregivers, governments around the world are facing challenges to ensure older adults can access high-quality long-term care (LTC) services. A rapid scoping review was therefore conducted to identify and analyse evidence of recent public initiatives (programmes, policies or reforms) to improve LTC coverage, quality, financial protection and financial sustainability for those aged 60 years and older.