The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has set out national objectives concerning services for older people in the form of a National Framework for High-Quality Services for Older People.
It contains strategic lines for improving quality and efficacy in three sub-areas:
- welfare and health promotion and the service structure
- personnel and management
- residential and care environments
The aim nationwide is that by 2012 among people aged 75
- 91-92% will live at home independently or under the protection of appropriate social and health services granted on the basis of a comprehensive service needs assessment
- 13-14% will receive regular home care
- 5-6% receive
informal care support
- 5-6% come within the sphere of intensified service accommodation
- 3% are cared for in homes for elderly people or in health centre wards on a long-term basis
