Long-Term Care Financing

Some questions to guide this area of research

• What factors determine the uptake of long-term care insurance?
• How can we model the evolution of spending trajectories for long-term care in OECD countries?
• What preferences do older adults and caregivers have regarding funding linked to a loss of autonnomy (i.e., public or private)?
• Which personal characteristics have the most impact on decision-making (socioeconomic status, behavioral or personal traits, such as level of altruism, propensity for forward-planning, etc.)
• What are the current funding alternatives for long-term care?

Methodologies and data sources

We employ several methodologies and data sources to help answer these questions, including:

• qualitative methods using data collected via semi-structured face-to-face interviews with older adults and caregivers to identify their main concerns regarding long-term care;
• quantitative methods using data collected via a questionnaire transmitted in France and several other EU countries, the United Kingdom, and the United States. We are in the process of developing the Aging UP! survey, which will provide insights into the preferences of older adults and their caregivers;
• data derived from a survey on French nursing homes conducted by the French Directorate of Research, Studies, Evaluation and Statistics (DREES);
• data from the European Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe; and data from clinical trials assessing different aspects of health.