{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: Long-term care system for older adults in China: policy landscape, challenges, and future prospects.
{Author}: Feng Z;Glinskaya E;Chen H;Gong S;Qiu Y;Xu J;Yip W;
{Journal}: Lancet
{Volume}: 396
{Issue}: 10259
{Year}: 10 2020 24
{Factor}: 202.731
{DOI}: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32136-X
{Abstract}: In China, the population is rapidly ageing and the capacity of the system that cares for older people is increasingly a concern. In this Review, we provide a profile of the long-term care system and policy landscape in China. The long-term care system is characterised by rapid growth of the residential care sector, slow development of home and community-based services, and increasing involvement of the private sector. The long-term care workforce shortage and weak quality assurance are concerning. Public long-term care financing is minimal and largely limited to supporting welfare recipients and subsidising the construction of residential care beds and operating costs. China is piloting social insurance long-term care financing models and, concurrently, programmes for integrating health care and long-term care services in selected settings across the country; the effectiveness and sustainability of these pilots remain to be seen. Informed by international long-term care experiences, we offer policy recommendations to strengthen the evolving care system for older people in China.