AIM

The primary goal of JALTC is to advance scholarly contributions that address theoretical, clinical, and practical issues related to aging and long-term care. JALTC strives to promote high-quality, humane care services for older people, emphasizing dignity and respect. From a comprehensive aging perspective, the journal aims to:

• Advocate for Social Care Insurance as a human right.
• Foster the transformation of older adult care into an interdisciplinary field.
• Integrate care services with gerontological concepts to promote collaboration.
• Enhance the quality of care services and the well-being of caregivers through medical, psychological, and sociological insights.
• Highlight cultural factors influencing elder care.
• Strengthen formal and informal care services.
• Provide accessible and comprehensive gerontological education and training for caregivers, families, and older individuals.
• Encourage research from diverse disciplines, including but not limited to gerontology, geriatrics, nursing, palliative and hospice care, social work, psychology, sociology, anthropology, economics, business administration, engineering, gerontechnology, law, human rights, public policy, architecture, women’s studies, rehabilitation, and dietetics.
• Ensure unrestricted global access to published research, enhancing its impact and reach.

SCOPE

Aging and long-term care encompass a broad spectrum of perspectives, each with unique implications for research, policy, and practice. Consequently, JALTC aims to cover a comprehensive range of health, family, and social services available both at home and in the wider community to support older individuals who have, or are experiencing, a decline in their ability to care for themselves.

By adopting a holistic perspective on aging and long-term care, the journal emphasizes a continuum of care systems, including home-based family and nursing care, respite daycare centers, hospital and hospice care, residential care, and rehabilitation services.

Moreover, it is essential to recognize that life circumstances can change rapidly and unexpectedly, leading to the necessity for transitional care arrangements that require responsive, accessible, affordable, and flexible health care services.

JALTC encourages interdisciplinary research that explores the intersection of aging, caregiving, and social policies. The journal welcomes empirical, theoretical, and applied studies that address medical, psychological, sociological, economic, legal, and technological aspects of aging and long-term care.

As an open-access journal, JALTC ensures unrestricted global access to published research, fostering collaboration and knowledge dissemination among scholars, practitioners, and policymakers worldwide.

Period Months

June September December