Over the last two decades, many changes have happened to the social welfare policies of various industrial countries. Citizens have seen their pensions, unemployment benefits, and general healthcare policies shrink as “belt tightening” measures are enforced. But in contrast, long-term care has seen a general growth in public financing, an expansion of beneficiaries, and, more generally, an attempt to define larger social responsibilities and related social rights. The aim of this book is to describe and interpret the changes introduced in long-term care policies in Western Europe. The volume argues that recent reforms have brought about an increasing convergence in LTC policies. Most of the new programs have developed a new general approach to long-term care, based on a better integration of social care and health care. The book explores increasing public support given to family care work (in the past, the family would take care of the elderly or infirm) and increasing growth and recognition of a extended social care market (by which care has shifted from a moral obligation based on family reciprocity to a paid, professional activity). A new social care arrangement has therefore been developing in Western countries, based on a new mix of family obligations, market provision, and public support. In order to understand such changes, this analysis will take into account the social and economical impact of these reforms.
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How are these domains interrelated? The authors of this multidisciplinary book have taken a further big step towards answering these questions based on the recent SHARE data in order to support policies for an inclusive society.
In the transition process, these traditional patterns, and the way they translated into the division of household and care work, were even reinforced. The deeply anchored values and perceptions of social family obligations in the region ...
Carers under the age of 65 are facing the problem of balancing work in the regular labour-market and care-giving. A considerably higher proportion of male carers tends to be in formal employment alongside providing informal care than ...
This book brings together data from many OECD countries to compare key changes in national policies, examine the successes or failures of new approaches, and offer policy strategies for the future.
The authors of this volume compare micro-data from SHARE (the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe) and ELSA (the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing) across Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, ...
LTC is a labour intensive sector comprised of formal workforce, but mostly of family carers, and in particular women. ... be granted to the family carer, or to the care recipient, allowing more choice regarding the services needed.
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In-house care work provided by migrant care workers often complements family-based informal caregiving and seems to be consistent with the strong attitude of Italian families to privilege an 'ageing in place' strategy when dealing with ...
'This innovative book provides insightful analyses and critique of policy ideas and practices regarding the challenges and opportunities facing ageing European societies.