TABLE 1. Summary of strategies to deal with long-term care challenges in the Americas.

Goal	Short term	Long term
Defining and measuring LTC needs	Adopting/reviewing a national definition Systematizing information on dependency and caregiving Small-scale studies	Assessing the relevance of the definition (updating process) National surveys/studies to measure LTC needs Administrative records
Implementing responses to LTC needs	Inventory of current initiatives	Designing an LTC system Implementing an LTC system	M&E system
Building support and consensus	Looking at international experiences Systematizing information on dependency and caregiving, including economic aspects Small-scale studies	Advocacy with policymakers and society stakeholders

LTC, long-term care; M&E, monitoring and evaluation.

Source: Prepared by the authors.