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Drawing on research across a wide range of European countries, this book analyzes the key issues at stake in developing long-term care systems for older people in Europe with a focus on progression and improvement for policy and practice.
List of contents
PART I: INTRODUCTION Addressing Long-Term Care as a System; Jenny Billings, K.Leichsenring & L.Wagner The Emerging Identity of Long-Term Care Systems in Europe; H.Nies, K.Leichsenring & S.Mak PART II: OVERCOMING THE HEALTH-SOCIAL CARE DIVIDE AND THE FORMAL-INFORMAL CARE DIVIDE User Perspectives: Examining LTC Policies from the Standpoint of Older People in Need of Care and Informal Carers; M.Naiditch, J.Triantafillou, P.Di Santo, S.Carretero & E.Hirsch-Durrett Joint Working Between Health and Social Care; K.Allen, J.Glasby & R.Rodrigues Converging Methods to Link Social and Health Care Systems and Informal Care: Confronting Nordic and Mediterranean Approaches; J.Garcés, F.Ródenas & T.Hammar Integration as 'Boundary Redefinition Process'; P.Gobet & T.Emilsson PART III: INNOVATIVE CASES IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF LONG-TERM CARE IN EUROPE Prevention and Rehabilitation Within Long-Term Care: Applying a Comprehensive Perspective; S.Kümpers, A.Dieterich, G.Ruppe & L.Wagner The Quest for Quality in LTC; K.Leichsenring, H.Nies & R.van der Veen Making Sense of Differences: The Mixed Economy of Funding and Delivering Long-Term Care; R.Rodrigues & H.Nies The 'Care Gap' and Migrant Carers; R.Bednarik, P.Di Santo & K.Leichsenring Volunteering in Long-Term Care for Older People: The Potential for Social Innovation; K.Repkova, K.Stiehr & B.Weigl The Role of Information Technology in LTC for Older People; J.Billings, S.Carretero, G.Kagialaris, T.Mastroyiannakis & S.Meriläinen-Porras Palliative Care Within Long-Term Care Systems: Beyond End of Life? L.Holdsworth & G.Ruppe PART IV: CONCLUSIONS Improving the Evidence Base; J.Billings Improving Policy and Practice in Long-Term Care; K.Leichsenring, J.Billings & H.Nies
About the author
KERRY ALLEN University of Birmingham, UK
RASTISLAV BEDNARIK The Institute for Labour and Family Research, Slovakia
STEPHANIE CARRETERO University of Valencia, Spain
ANJA DIETERICH Diakonisches Werk der EKD e. V, Germany
PATRIZIA DI SANTO Studio Come Srl, Italy
ELISABETH HIRSCH DURRETT Ecole d'études sociales et pédagogiques, Switzerland
THOMAS EMILSSON Forum for Knowledge and Common Development, Stockholm County Council, Sweden
JORGE GARCÉS University of Valencia, Spain
JON GLASBY University of Birmingham, UK
PIERRE GOBET Ecole d'études sociales et pédagogiques, Switzerland
TEIJA HAMMAR National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
LAURA HOLDSWORTH University of Kent, UK
GEORGIOS KAGIALARIS CMT Prooptiki Ltd., Greece
JAN KLAVUS National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
SUSANNE KÜMPERS Social Science Research Centre Berlin, Germany
SABINA MAK Vilans the Netherlands
TASOS MASTROYIANNAKIS CMT Prooptiki Ltd., Greece
MICHEL NAIDITCH Institut de Recherche et Documentation en Economie de la Santé, France
KVETOSLAVA REPKOVA The Institute for Labour and Family Research, Slovakia
FRANCISCO RÓDENAS University of Valencia, Spain
RICARDO RODRIGUES European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, Austria
GEORG RUPPE European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, Austria
KARIN STIEHR Institut für Soziale Infrastruktur, Germany
JUDY TRIANTAFILLOU CMT Prooptiki Ltd., Greece
ROELF VAN DER VEEN Vilans, the Netherlands
LIS WAGNERUniversity of Southern Denmark, Denmark
BARBARA WEIGL Social Science Research Centre Berlin, Germany
Summary
Drawing on research across a wide range of European countries, this book analyzes the key issues at stake in developing long-term care systems for older people in Europe with a focus on progression and improvement for policy and practice.
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"Long-Term Care in Europe: Improving Policy and Practice represents a rich and very welcome contribution...It also represents a valuable review of a range of 'emerging practices' that provide evidence for the sector's dynamism cross-nationally." - Czech Sociological Review
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"Long-Term Care in Europe: Improving Policy and Practice represents a rich and very welcome contribution...It also represents a valuable review of a range of 'emerging practices' that provide evidence for the sector's dynamism cross-nationally." - Czech Sociological Review
