Trends and developments in home care services: an international perspective

The growth of community and home care services in most developed countries can be attributed to cost and quality of life considerations. However, only a few needy elderly people in Europe have benefited from the delivery of home care services. Some of these delivery methods are of the case management or case mediator variety while others try to minimize the disparity between institutional and community-based services. So far, only Denmark has anticipated the importance of home care given the country's demographic and social realities.