Reforms in Long-Term Care Policies in Europe : Investigating Institutional Change and Social Impacts - nieuw boek

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ISBN/EAN: 1461445027

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1-4614-4502-7, 978-1-4614-4502-9
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Auteur van het boek: pavolini, ranci, costa
Titel van het boek: the care, long way down, looking for europe

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Auteur: Costanzo Ranci; Emmanuele Pavolini
Titel: Reforms in Long-Term Care Policies in Europe - Investigating Institutional Change and Social Impacts
Uitgeverij: Springer; Springer US
320 Bladzijden
Verschijningsjaar: 2012-11-08
New York; NY; US
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Taal: Engels
96,29 € (DE)
99,00 € (AT)
118,00 CHF (CH)
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XVI, 320 p.

EA; E107; eBook; Nonbooks, PBS / Soziologie/Politische Soziologie; Biowissenschaften, allgemein; Verstehen; European social policy for long term care; innovation in welfare and health care policy in Europe; long term care in France; long term care in Germany; long term care in Italy; long term care in Scandinavia; long term care in the United Kingdom; providing health care and support for the aging in Europe; public health care in Europe; reforms of long term care in Europe; welfare reform in Europe; B; Aging; Public Health; Social Policy; Geriatrics/Gerontology; Ageing; Public Health; Social Policy; Geriatrics; Social Sciences; Public Health und Präventivmedizin; Sozialwesen und soziale Dienste; Kommunal-, Regional- Landes und Lokalregierung; Geriatrie; BB

Over the last two decades, many changes have happened to the social welfare policies of various industrial countries.  Citizens have seen their pensions, unemployment benefits, and general healthcare policies shrink as “belt tightening” measures are enforced.  But in contrast, long-term care has seen a general growth in public financing, an expansion of beneficiaries, and, more generally, an attempt to define larger social responsibilities and related social rights.

The aim of this book is to describe and interpret the changes introduced in long-term care policies in Western Europe. The volume argues that recent reforms have brought about an increasing convergence in LTC policies. Most of the new programs have developed a new general approach to long-term care, based on a better integration of social care and health care.

The book explores increasing public support given to family care work (in the past, the family would take care of the elderly or infirm) and increasing growth and recognition of a extended social care market (by which care has shifted from a moral obligation based on family reciprocity to a paid, professional activity). A new social care arrangement has therefore been developing in Western countries, based on a new mix of family obligations, market provision, and public support. In order to understand such changes, this analysis will take into account the social and economical impact of these reforms.

Dr. Costanzo Ranci is a full professor in the Department of Economic Sociology, at Milan Polytechnic. Dr. Emmanuele Pavolini is an associate professor in Economic Sociology at the University of Macerata, Italy.

Combines case studies from different schools of welfare thought in Europe (the Anglo-Saxon model, the Scandinavian model, the Continental model, and the Southern European model)

Includes a full description of all the main advances in long term care in Europe in the past 20 years

Synthesizes the case studies to draw implications on the evolving nature of welfare in general

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras