Adult foster care of older people
In: International journal of care and caring, Band 4, Heft 3, S. 441-446
ISSN: 2397-883X
The focus of this article is to introduce the community-based adult foster care of older people in Finland. Although adult foster care is a public care service, it is organised in a private home, either in the foster carer's home or in the older person's home. The foster carer and the county make a commission agreement. Adult foster care can be full-time long-term care or short-term full-time or part-time care.