Long-Term Care in ageing societies

• Tipo: Capítulo ou Parte de Livro
• Data: 2022

Autores

Lopes, Alexandra (Autor) FLUP; Poskuté, Virginija (Autor) Outra

Livro

Título: De Gruyter handbook of contemporary welfare States

Páginas: 233-254

ISBN: 978-3-11-072124-9

ISBN Eletrónico: 978-3-11-072176-8

Editora: De Gruyter

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DOI: 10.1515/9783110721768-014

Abstract (EN): Although Long-Term Care (LTC) has taken the lead in many debates about the challenges faced by the contemporary Welfare States in fast ageing populations, at present, only a few EU countries provide comprehensive social protection to cover the need for care in old age. The demand for LTC for older people, however, is growing and is expected to increase in the coming years, despite any optimistic forecasts about gains in healthy years in old age. Mirroring historical paths of institutional development, as well as cultural norms and social roles different stakeholders are assigned when defining responsibilities, the institutional landscape one finds across Europe is varied and often fragmented.This chapter discusses the recent trends in the development of LTC for older people across Europe looking at both demand and supply side dynamics. It looks at the opportunities as well as the limitations of different paths of policy design and welfare state development in tackling the main elements of pressure that shape recent trends and challenges in policy development in the field of LTC: growing demand for formal care provision; demand for higher levels of quality in service provision; centrality of the person-centered care model and ageing in place

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica