The French public policies for long term care

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In 2060, one third of the French population will be over 60 years old. Aging is supported in France by a specific allowance, the APA. The allowance depends on the level of dependency, the income of the persons and the place of the person is living (home or nursing home). Of course, APA's beneficiaries are more dependent and older when they are hosted in a nursing home than those who are living at home. The population benefiting from the APA is mostly women. There are more women living in nursing homes. This is due to the fact that they are living longer than men and they are more frequently widowed so they more frequently do not have anybody to take care of them at home. Demographic projections show that in the medium scenario, the number of old dependent people will be multiplied by 1.4 between 2019 to 2030 to reach 1.53 million people. The number of very dependent people will increase by 30% to reach 500 000 people. The weight of loss of autonomy in the GDP will double by 2060. According the hypothesis of indexation which influence this weight, it varies between 1.96% and 2.13% of GDP.