Long-Term Care in South Korea: Strengths of the Korean Long-Term Care Insurance Scheme (LTCI)
Adopted in 2008, the South Korean Long-Term Care (LTCI) Insurance seeks to advance care to the elderly, and assumes the social insurance format (Rhee, Done, Anderson, 2015).
To begin with, LTCI succeeds in the further enhancement of the health of the country’s elderly citizens. It is important to note that the incidence of chronic diseases, as it has been demonstrated in various research studies, rises with advancement in age. These diseases and conditions could have a serious impact on not only the health of those affected, but also on their overall wellbeing. South Korea, as Rhee, Done, Anderson (2015) observe, “is an example of a rapidly aging country that is currently experiencing the demographic transition that many middle-income countries will soon experience…” LTCI ensures that the livelihood of the country’s citizens is stabilized....
Strengths of the Korean Long-Term Care Insurance Scheme (LTCI) As Kang, Park, and Lee (2012) point out, “with the rapid aging of the population, Korea introduced public long-term care insurance for older people in 2008.” It is important to note that South Korea’s long-term care insurance (LTIC) has a number of strengths. These will be highlighted in this text. First, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
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