Long-term care for the elderly

The core objective of this report is to analyze long-term care for the elderly in Europe (LTC or long-term care henceforth) from the twin perspectives of female employment and gender equality. The focus is on provisioning rather than financing and expenditure, provisions in kind such as institutionalization or personal care delivered at home, monetary provisions such as care or attendance allowances, and time-related provisions such as leave off-work or the right to flexible hours. Based on the reports of the national experts of the EGGE network, a comparative analysis is conducted on 33 European countries including the 27 EU Member States, the 4 candidate countries - Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Iceland and Turkey - and 2 EFTA countries, Norway and Liechtenstein.