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1 online resource |
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Social Welfare Around the World |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Foreword; 1 Long-term care: what is it about?; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 What is long-term care and the quest for quality?; 1.3 Overview of the book; 1.4 Delimitations; 2 Long-term care for the elderly in Hungary; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Overview of the long-term care system; 2.3 Being old; 2.4 Demand and supply; 2.4.1 Eligibility; 2.4.2 Assessment of needs; 2.4.3 Available benefits and services; 2.4.4 Supply of public care; 2.4.5 Informal market for long-term care services; 2.5 Projections; 2.6 Conclusions |
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3 Long-term care: challenges and perspectives3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Organisations of long-term care; 3.3 Formal LTC for the elderly; 3.4 Financing of LTC; 3.5 Boundaries between state and civil society in the approach to the delivery of care with an eye to the private sector's ambition to provide and sell care; 3.6 Informal care; 3.7 Use of rehabilitation and welfare technology as ways to improve quality of life and reduce the pressure on public sector spending in the area; 3.8 Conclusions; 4 Long-term care for the elderly in Poland; 4.1 Introduction |
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4.2 New welfare state institutional context4.3 Demand for long-term care; 4.4 Supply of the long-term care; 4.4.1 Family; 4.4.2 Public sector; 4.4.3 Social sector; 4.4.4 Private sector and NGOs; 4.5 Administration, financing and quality: challenges; 4.6 Debate and reform proposals; 4.7 Conclusions; 5 Long-term care in Portugal: quasi-privatization of a dual system of care; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Historical trends in the consolidation of social care for dependent elderly in Portugal: familism and quasi-privatization of care; 5.3 LTC in contemporary Portugal: provisions and providers |
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5.4 The national network for long-term care: rehabilitation and integration of health and social care in the new millennium5.5 The financials of care provision; 5.6 Critical challenges for formal care provision in Portugal: LTC staff shortage and absence of quality assessment mechanisms; 5.7 Conclusions; 6 Long-term care in Italy; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Developments in long-term care policies for older people; 6.3 The role of civil society in LTC delivery; 6.4 Long-term care amid increasing individual needs and diminishing family capacity |
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6.5 A peculiar marketization: migrant care workers as the new cornerstones of the Italian LTC system6.6 Use of rehabilitation and welfare technology; 6.7 Quality measures and the quality of the Italian LTC system; 6.8 Conclusions; 7 Greece: forced transformation in a deep crisis; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 The mixed system before the crisis; 7.3 The crisis and the care economy; 7.4 Conclusions: long-term care towards the end of the crisis; 8 Long-term care and austerity in the UK: a growing crisis; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Long-term care: fragmented responsibilities |
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Older people -- Long-term care -- European Union countries
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Welfare state -- European Union countries
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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Older people -- Long-term care
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Welfare state
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European Union countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Greve, Bent.
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| ISBN |
9781317103516 |
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1317103513 |
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9781315592947 |
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1315592940 |
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