Long-Term Care in Europe: Improving Policy and Practice

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.

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