FIXING GHANA'S NON-EXISTENT ADULT SOCIAL CARE SYSTEM - Sarpong Aseidu & Adjei Boakye

Over the years there has been a gradual decoupling of the extended family from the nuclear, especially in the urban and peri-urban areas to the point that the expectaon of old age care from that structure is all but non-existent. [...] For those that are covered, “It will be beer for a the inability of the NHIS to reimburse its providers leaves the elderly in a social care insurance situaon where they have to pay for their medicaon and other health fund similar to the requirements out of pocket. [...] THERE MUST BE NURSING TRAINING AND UPSKILLING AVAILABLE, TO EQUIP THEM These praconers should also have opportunies for career advancement and WITH THE REQUIRED structured connuous training and professional development opportunies can KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO help to improve the quality of care they provide and the quality of care of the DELIVER HIGH-QUALITY CARE clients they serve. [...] 4 THE SIZE OF THE TASK Any worker who monitored the pickeng of the elderly bondholders at the With the increased Ministry of Finance and has followed their recent pronouncements that they decoupling of the will resort to pickeng again if their payments are not restored must “extended family our remember that all of them not too long ago were in acve employment. [...] The views expressed are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Board of Directors or development partners of the Center 7.