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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.
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Overcoming the Health-Social Care Divide and the Formal-Informal Care Divide
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Innovative Cases in the Construction of Long-Term Care in Europe
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Conclusions
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"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
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
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Long-Term Care in Europe
Book Subtitle: Improving Policy and Practice
Editors: Kai Leichsenring, Jenny Billings, Henk Nies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137032348
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-03233-1Published: 04 February 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-44108-2Published: 01 January 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-03234-8Published: 04 February 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 389
Topics: Social Policy, Aging, Politics of the Welfare State, Sociology, general, Social Work, Social Care