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Tool for Calculating Human Resource Needs for the Care of Older Adults with Dependency

By Health, Nutrition and Population Division (VPS/SCL/HNP)

This dataset provides a practical planning tool—an editable spreadsheet—for estimating the human resources required to care for older adults living with dependency in Latin America and the Caribbean. It was developed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) as a supplement to the publication "Estimating Human Resource Needs for the Care of Older Adults with Dependency in Latin America and the Caribbean," and is intended to help governments, planners, and researchers translate care-policy goals into concrete workforce estimates.

Why this matters

Latin America and the Caribbean is ageing rapidly, and the number of older adults who need ongoing assistance with daily activities is rising. Meeting that demand requires not only services and financing but also a sufficiently sized and appropriately trained long-term care workforce. This tool addresses the workforce side of the long-term care equation, connecting the IDB's broader agenda on health, social development, labor, and care economy planning.

What the resources contain

The dataset bundles two complementary files:

  • An XLSX calculation spreadsheet that lets users enter parameters and obtain estimates of the human resources needed for the care of dependent older adults.
  • A PDF document that accompanies the spreadsheet and supports the associated IDB publication, providing context and guidance for using the tool.

Intended uses

Policymakers and ministries of health, labor, and social development can use the spreadsheet to size and plan long-term care workforces; researchers and academics can use it for comparative analysis across countries; and analysts working on the care economy can use it to inform budgeting, training-pipeline planning, and service-coverage scenarios. The tool is designed to be applied across the IDB's member countries in the region.

Access and citation

The tool is openly available through IDB Open Data under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, which permits broad reuse with attribution. A persistent DOI is provided for stable referencing; please cite the dataset when reusing it (see the citation question below).

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Metadata & use

Identifier https://doi.org/10.60966/0vpj-k619
License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Related Knowledge Product
Citation

Villalobos Dintrans, Pablo, et al. (2022). Tool for Calculating Human Resource Needs for the Care of Older Adults with Dependency. IDB Open Data. https://doi.org/10.60966/0vpj-k619
Published date 2022-12-08
Modified date 2026-07-15
Tags/Keywords Elderly · Human Resource Management · Labor · Long-Term Care
Language
  1. Spanish
Temporal coverage 2022-2032
Country
Argentina
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Trinidad & Tobago
Uruguay
Venezuela
Region Latin America and the Caribbean
Publisher
Inter-American Development Bank
Author
Villalobos Dintrans, Pablo
Oliveira, Déborah
Stampini, Marco
Data collection type Observational Data
Data structure Semistructured Data
Data notes

What is this tool for?

It is a spreadsheet-based tool for estimating the human resources required to care for older adults living with dependency in Latin America and the Caribbean. It helps planners translate care-policy goals into workforce estimates and supports the associated IDB publication.

Which files are included?

The dataset includes an editable XLSX calculation spreadsheet and a PDF document that accompanies the tool and the associated IDB publication.

Which countries does the tool cover?

It is intended for application across Latin America and the Caribbean, with country coverage that includes IDB member countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and many others in the region.

What time horizon does the tool consider?

The dataset's recorded temporal scope spans 2022 to 2032, reflecting its use for forward-looking workforce planning over a multi-year horizon.

Who developed the tool?

The tool was developed by Pablo Villalobos Dintrans, Déborah Oliveira, and Marco Stampini, and published through IDB Open Data by the Inter-American Development Bank.

Who is the intended audience?

It is aimed at policymakers and ministries of health, labor, and social development; researchers and academics studying ageing and the care economy; and analysts involved in long-term care budgeting, training pipelines, and service-coverage planning.

How does this relate to the IDB's work on long-term care?

It supports the IDB's broader agenda on health, social development, labor, and care economy planning in an ageing region, providing a concrete instrument to estimate the workforce needed to deliver long-term care for dependent older adults.

Under what license can I use the tool?

It is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed), which permits broad reuse, adaptation, and redistribution with appropriate attribution.

Where can I find the associated publication?

The tool supplements the IDB publication "Estimating Human Resource Needs for the Care of Older Adults with Dependency in Latin America and the Caribbean," available through the IDB publications portal at https://publications.iadb.org/es/estimacion-de-las-necesidades-de-recursos-humanos-para-la-atencion-las-personas-mayores-con.

How do I cite this dataset?

Cite it as: Villalobos Dintrans, Pablo, et al. (2022). Tool for Calculating Human Resource Needs for the Care of Older Adults with Dependency. IDB Open Data. https://doi.org/10.60966/0vpj-k619 (publisher: Inter-American Development Bank).

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