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Long-Term Care in Europe

Improving Policy and Practice

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Editors:
  1. Kai Leichsenring

    1. European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, Austria

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  2. Jenny Billings

    1. University of Kent, UK

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  3. Henk Nies

    1. Vilans, The Netherlands

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Addressing Long-Term Care as a System — Objectives and Methods of Study

      • Jenny Billings, Kai Leichsenring, Lis Wagner
      Pages 3-18

    3. The Emerging Identity of Long-Term Care Systems in Europe

      • Henk Nies, Kai Leichsenring, Sabina Mak
      Pages 19-41

  3. Overcoming the Health-Social Care Divide and the Formal-Informal Care Divide

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-43
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    2. User Perspectives in Long-Term Care and the Role of Informal Carers

      • Michel Naiditch, Judy Triantafillou, Patrizia Di Santo, Stephanie Carretero, Elisabeth Hirsch Durrett
      Pages 45-80

    3. Joint Working between Health and Social Care

      • Kerry Allen, Jon Glasby, Ricardo Rodrigues
      Pages 81-99

    4. Converging Methods to Link Social and Health Care Systems and Informal Care — Confronting Nordic and Mediterranean Approaches

      • Jorge Garcés, Francisco Ródenas, Teija Hammar
      Pages 100-117

    5. Integration as ‘Boundary Redefinition Process’

      • Pierre Gobet, Thomas Emilsson
      Pages 118-139

  4. Innovative Cases in the Construction of Long-Term Care in Europe

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141
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    2. Prevention and Rehabilitation within Long-Term Care: Applying a Comprehensive Perspective

      • Susanne Kümpers, Georg Ruppe, Lis Wagner, Anja Dieterich
      Pages 143-166

    3. The Quest for Quality in Long-Term Care

      • Kai Leichsenring, Henk Nies, Roelf van der Veen
      Pages 167-190

    4. Making Sense of Differences — the Mixed Economy of Funding and Delivering Long-Term Care

      • Ricardo Rodrigues, Henk Nies
      Pages 191-212

    5. The ‘Care Gap’ and Migrant Carers

      • Rastislav Bednárik, Patrizia Di Santo, Kai Leichsenring
      Pages 213-231

    6. Volunteering in Long-Term Care for Older People: The Potential for Social Innovation

      • Kvetoslava Repková, Karin Stiehr, Barbara Weigl
      Pages 232-251

    7. The Role of Information Technology in Long-Term Care for Older People

      • Jenny Billings, Stephanie Carretero, Georgios Kagialaris, Tasos Mastroyiannakis, Satu Meriläinen-Porras
      Pages 252-277

    8. Palliative Care within Long-Term Care Systems: Beyond End of Life?

      • Laura Holdsworth, Georg Ruppe
      Pages 278-295

  5. Conclusions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 297-297
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    2. Improving the Evidence Base

      • Jenny Billings
      Pages 299-324

    3. Improving Policy and Practice in Long-Term Care

      • Kai Leichsenring, Jenny Billings, Henk Nies
      Pages 325-336
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About this book

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.

Reviews

"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

Editors and Affiliations

  • European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, Austria

    Kai Leichsenring

  • University of Kent, UK

    Jenny Billings

  • Vilans, The Netherlands

    Henk Nies

About the editors

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

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