Provision of Health Service and Community Care for the Elderly

Timeframe

2016–2017

Funding

World Universities Network

COMPASS staff

Roy Lay-Yee

Collaborators

University of Auckland
Kathryn Peri
Gary Cheung
Margaret Dale

University of Western Australia
Christopher Etherton-Beer
Loretta Baldassar
Adele Millard
 
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Eliza Wong
Roger Chung
Janice Lau
 
University of Sheffield
Praveen Thokala
 
University of Bergen
Bettina Husebø
Elisabeth Flo
 
Alexandra Health System, Singapore
Sweet Fun Wong
Chek Hooi Wong

Description

This project explored inter-generational roles and inter-generational equity among different stakeholders in health services and community care for older people. An investigation was conducted from the perspectives of service delivery, financing, and policy, across health systems in the six different countries involved.

A systematic literature review was undertaken, along with cross-national comparative analysis. The three main research questions were:

  1. What is the inter-generational role in health service delivery and health financing?
  2. What are the main issues relating to inter-generational equity?
  3. What are the barriers to and facilitators of inter-generational interaction that may contribute to sustainable health systems in an ageing population?