Dear colleagues,
We would like to draw your attention to our July Policy Brief
"Active Ageing and Prevention in the Context of Long-Term Care.
Rethinking Concepts and Practices"
by Georg Ruppe
Relating prevention with long-term care is often thought of as something
contradictory. It generally provokes the question whether preventive or
activating measures are still feasible or even existent for a person
already in need of long-term care. Occasionally it is even considered
sarcastic to speak of prevention or rehabilitation when long-term care
has already entered the stage.
The introduction to this Policy Brief explores conceptual meanings of
prevention and long-term care in relation to active ageing. Some general
European trends and national developments in Austria concerning
long-term care as well as related measures of prevention and activation
for older people are outlined in the first part of the Policy Brief. The
following section critically discusses general social and health policy
approaches as well as practice examples in different long-term care
settings in Austria. The Policy Brief concludes with a number of
recommendations for prevention and active ageing policies targeted
specifically for those older people with existing long-term care needs.
More:http://www.euro.centre.org/detail.php?xml_id=1929
Please feel free to forward the Policy Brief to colleagues who might be
interested.
Sincerely yours,
Annette Hexelschneider, Dipl.-Ing.
Head of Knowledge and Information Management Support Unit
European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research
(Affiliated to the United Nations)
Berggasse 17
A-1090 Vienna (Austria)
Tel: +43-1-319 45 05-23
Fax: +43-1-319 45 05-19
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