Providing support to older people with disabilities will increasingly challenge care systems in all countries. Accurately gauging the unmet need is a first step in response. Disability is commonly measured by documenting people's capacity to perform Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) and...

Providing and financing long-term care of the elderly are among the most challenging policy issues facing the aging American population. This study examines characteristics and selected measures of utilization in the population most likely to use long-term care. It investigates characteristics...

Providing and financing long-term care of the elderly are among the most challenging policy issues facing the aging American population. This study examines characteristics and selected measures of utilization in the population most likely to use long-term care. It investigates characteristics...

Demographic trends worldwide indicate significant increases in the number of older people in the population in the coming years. There is a close link between age and disability, and the longer people live the more likely they are to become disabled to some degree. Disability takes many forms:...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Editors -- Contributing Authors -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction / Ambrose, Ivor / Darcy, Simon / Buhalis, Dimitrios -- Section 1: Policies and Strategies for Accessible Tourism -- 2. European Policies for Accessible Tourism / Ambrose, Ivor -- 3....