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Dear colleagues,
We would like to draw your attention to our latest publication:
"Facts and Figures on Long-Term Care. Europe and North America"
by Huber, M., Rodrigues, R., Hoffmann, F., Gasior, K., Marin, B.
Even before the current financial crisis, there was a growing concern
over the fiscal and social sustainability of long-term care for
dependent older people. Yet despite these concerns, little is known
about basic indicators on this subject. The present publication, “Facts
and Figures on Long-term Care – Europe and North America” seeks to
bridge that gap of information by bringing together information from
international and national sources to present comparable indicators on
long-term care.
The indicators presented in this publication cover several issues
directly related to long-term care for dependent older people. It covers
the demographic, health and living arrangements background information
as well as the provision of informal care, and stretches from
beneficiaries of formal long-term care services (both in institutions
and in their homes, by ex and age groups) to public and private
expenditure on long-term care.
Besides the figures on basic indicators, qualitative data is also
presented and the facts of policy options discussed, e.g. on the
interaction between employment policies and cash benefits.
Among the findings presented in this publication are:
* the predominance of women as informal carers, regardless of “care
regimes”;
* the fact that institutional care only covers but a minority of older
people, while most beneficiaries of care services remain in their own homes;
* the trade-offs in benefit generosity in care and attendance allowances;
* the possible links at a cross-country level between living
arrangements, availability of informal care and institutionalisation;
* or how public expenditure is divided between home and institutional care.
The present publication aims to be the first edition of a series of
biannual publications to contain updated and upgraded information on
long-term care.
More details and free sample pages:
http://www.euro.centre.org/detail.php?xml_id=1601
Price: 12.00 Euro till end of 2009 + packing + postage costs.
Please feel free to forward this mail to interested colleagues.
Best regards
Annette Hexelschneider, Dipl.-Ing.
Head of Knowledge and Information Management Support Unit
European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research
Berggasse 17
A-1090 Vienna (Austria)
Tel: +43-1-319 45 05-23
Fax: +43-1-319 45 05-19
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