Long-Term Care for the elderly : Provisions and providers in 33 European countries

Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Bettio, Francesca ; Verashchagina, Alina
Institutions:	Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Justiz (contributor) ; EU Expert Group on Gender and Employment (contributor) ; Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini (contributor)
Publisher:	Amt für Amtliche Veröffentlichungen
Subject:	alter Mensch \| old person \| EU \| Gleichbehandlung \| equality of treatment \| Pflege \| caregiving \| soziale Sicherung \| social security

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COUNTRY ABBREVIATIONS
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF TABLES
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
RÉSUMÉ
KURZFASSUNG
INTRODUCTION
1. FUTURE DEMAND FOR LONG-TERM CARE
2. AVAILABILITY OF LONG-TERM CARE PROVISIONS FOR THE ELDERLY
2.1. INSTITUTIONAL CARE
2.2. HOME AND SEMI-RESIDENTIAL CARE: FORMAL PROVISIONS
2.3. PROVISIONS, AGE AND GENDER
2.4. HOME CARE: INFORMAL PROVIDERS
2.5. SUMMARY VIEW: CHANGE IN EXISTING TAXONOMIES?
3. AFFORDABILITY OF PROVISIONS
3.1. RESIDENTIAL CARE SERVICES
3.2. HOME CARE SERVICES
3.2.1 Cost type 1: comprehensive care but rationalized 'face time' in Nordic countries
3.2.2 Cost type 2: migrants-in-the-family in Mediterranean countries and Austria
3.2.3 Cost type 3: service vouchers in France and Belgium
3.2.4 Cost type 4: minimal reliance on care outsourcing in East European countries
3.3. SUMMARY VIEW: OPEN ISSUES IN AFFORDABILITY
4. GENDER EQUITY
4.1. INFORMAL CARE GIVERS
4.1.1 Uneven progress in gender balance
4.1.2 Employment and caring
4.1.3 Leave time and flexible time for informal care givers
4.2. CARE WORKERS AND PROFESSIONALS: WAGES AND WORKING CONDITIONS
4.3. SUMMARY VIEW: OUTSTANDING ISSUES FOR INFORMAL AND FORMAL PROVIDERS
5. LONG-TERM CARE POLICY
5.1. LONG-TERM CARE, GENDER EQUALITY AND THE POLICY AGENDA OF MEMBER STATES
5.2. OVERARCHING REFORMS
5.3. SERVICE MIX, CASH TRANSFERS AND PRIVATIZATION OF SERVICES
5.3.1 Shifts in the service mix
5.3.2 Increased cash transfers
5.3.3 Growing privatization of services
5.4. TRAINING AND WAGE POLICIES
5.5. SUMMARY REMARKS
CONCLUDING NOTES
APPENDIX OF TABLES
APPENDIX OF FIGURES
REFERENCES

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