Long-Term Care in Europe [electronic resource] : Improving Policy and Practice /
Leichsenring, K.editor.
Billings, J.editor.
Nies, H.editor.
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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Cover; Contents; List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; Preface; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Part I: Introduction; 1 Addressing Long-Term Care as a System - Objectives and Methods of Study; 2 The Emerging Identity of Long-Term Care Systems in Europe; Part II: Overcoming the Health-Social Care Divide and the Formal-Informal Care Divide; 3 User Perspectives in Long-Term Care and the Role of Informal Carers; 4 Joint Working between Health and Social Care; 5 Converging Methods to Link Social and Health Care Systems and Informal Care - Confronting Nordic and Mediterranean Approaches
6 Integration as 'Boundary Redefinition Process'Part III: Innovative Cases in the Construction of Long-Term Care in Europe; 7 Prevention and Rehabilitation within Long-Term Care: Applying a Comprehensive Perspective; 8 The Quest for Quality in Long-Term Care; 9 Making Sense of Differences - the Mixed Economy of Funding and Delivering Long-Term Care; 10 The 'Care Gap' and Migrant Carers; 11 Volunteering in Long-Term Care for Older People: The Potential for Social Innovation; 12 The Role of Information Technology in Long-Term Care for Older People
13 Palliative Care within Long-Term Care Systems: Beyond End of Life?Part IV: Conclusions; 14 Improving the Evidence Base; 15 Improving Policy and Practice in Long-Term Care; Appendices; Appendix A: The INTERLINKS Framework for Long-Term Care - Themes, Sub-Themes and Key Issues; Appendix B: The INTERLINKS Template to Describe and Analyse Practice Examples; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Social policy.
Aging.
Welfare state.
Sociology.
Social work.
Social service .
Social Policy.
Aging.
Politics of the Welfare State.
Sociology, general.
Social Work.
Social Care.