Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover

The Palgrave International Handbook of Healthcare Policy and Governance pp 462–478Cite as

Palgrave Macmillan

Long-Term Care Policies

  • Chapter

Abstract

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2011) emphasizes that around half of health expenditure in many countries is dedi- cated to caring for those with chronic diseases and fragile elderly people, who most often present long-term care (LTC) pathologies. Thus, LTC is becoming increasingly central to welfare systems, especially in the social and healthcare sectors. The OECD (2011) defines LTC as a range of services required by persons with a reduced degree of functional capacity, physical or cognitive, and who are consequently dependent for an extended period of time on help with basic activities of daily living, for example bathing, eating, or moving around. This personal care component is often provided in combination with help with basic medical services, such as medication, health monitoring, or rehabilitation. LTC services can also be combined with help with instrumental activities of daily living, including help with housework, meals, shopping, and transportation.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.

Chapter
USD   29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD   169.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD   219.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD   219.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Learn about institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  • Beasley, R. (2010) Attendance Allowance, Disability Living Allowance and Carer’s Allowance (London: UK Government).

    Google Scholar 

  • Blank, R. H. and V. Vurau (2010) Comparative Health Policy, third edition (Houndmills: Pal grave).

    Google Scholar 

  • Burau, V., H. Hheobald and R. H. Blank (2007) Governing Home Care. A Cross-National Comparison (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar).

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Cabrero, G. R. and V. M. Mallego (2013) ‘Long-Term Care in Spain: Between Family Care Tradition and the Public Recognition of Social Risks’, in C. Canci and E. Pavolini (eds.), Reform in Long-Term Care Policies in European Counties (Heidelberg and New York: Springer), 201–19.

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Canera, F., E. Eavolini, C. Canci and A. Sabbatini (2013) ‘Long-Term Care Systems in Comparative Perspective: Care Needs, Informal and Formal Coverage, and Social Impacts in European Contexts’, in C. Canci and E. Pavolini (eds.), Reform in Long-Term Care Policies in European Countries (Heidelberg: Springer), 23–52.

    Google Scholar 

  • Costa, G. (2013) ‘Long Term Care Italian Policies: A Case of Inertial Institutional Change’, in C. Canci and E. Pavolini (eds.), Reform in Long-Term Care Policies in European Countries (Heidelberg and New York: Springer), 221–41.

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Costa, G. and C. Canci (2010) ‘Disability and Caregiving: A Step Towards Social Vulnerability?’, in C. Ranci (ed.), Social Vulnerability in Europe. The New Configuration of Social Risks (New York: Palgrave Macmillan), 159–87.

    Google Scholar 

  • EC — European Commission (2013) Long-Term Care in Ageing Societies — Challenges and Policy Options (Brussels: European Commission).

    Google Scholar 

  • Eurobarometer (2007) Health and Long-Term Care in the European Union (Brussels: European Commission).

    Google Scholar 

  • Federal Statistical Office (2001–2013) Long-Term Care Statistics 1999–2011 (Wiesbaden: Federal Statistical Office).

    Google Scholar 

  • Glendinning, C. (2013) ‘Long Term Care Reforms in England: A Long and Unfinished Story’, in C. Canci and E. Pavolini (eds.), Reform in Long-Term Care Policies in European Countries (Heidelberg and New York: Springer), 179–200.

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Klie, T. and B. Blinkert (2002) ‘Pflegekulturelle Orientierungen’, in C. Tesch-Römer (ed.), Gerontologie und Sozialpolitik (Stuttgart: Kohlhammer), 197–217.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kuhlmann, E. and C. Carsen (2014) ‘Care, Governance und Professionsentwicklung im Europäischen Vergleich’, in B. Bulenbacher, B. Biegraf and H. Theobald (eds.), Sorge: Arbeit, Verhältnisse, Regime — Care: Work, Relations, Regime, Sonderband 20, Soziale Welt (Baden-Baden: Nomos).

    Google Scholar 

  • Lafortune, G. and G. Galestat (2007) Trends in Severe Disability Among Elderly People: Assessing the Evidence in 12 OECD Countries and the Future Implications (Paris: OECD).

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Leichsenring, K. (2004) ‘Developing Integrated Health and Social Care for Older Persons in Europe’, International Journal of Integrated Care, 4(3), 1–15.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Leon, M. (ed.) (2014) Care Regimes in Transitional European Societies (Houndmills: Pal grave).

    Google Scholar 

  • Meagher, G. and M. Mzebehely (eds.) (2013) Marketisation in Nordic Eldercare: A Research Report on Legislation, Oversight, Extent and Consequences, Stockholm Studies in Social Work 30 (Stockholm: Department of Social Work, Stockholm University).

    Google Scholar 

  • Multilinks (2011) Multilinks Database on Inter generational Policy Indicators (Berlin: WZB).

    Google Scholar 

  • OECD (2011) Help Wanted? Providing and Paying for Long Term Care (Paris: OECD).

    Google Scholar 

  • Æsterle, A. and H. Rothgang. (2010) ‘Long-Term Care’, in F. G. Gastles, S. Seibfried, J. Jewis, H. Hbinger and C. Pierson (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Welfare State (Oxford: Oxford University Press), 378–90.

    Google Scholar 

  • Pfau-Effinger, B. and T. Tostgaard (eds.) (2011) Care Between Work and Welfare in European Societies (New York: Palgrave).

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Pierson, P. (2001) The New Politics of the Welfare State (Oxford: Oxford University Press).

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Ranci, C. (ed.) (2008) Tutelare la Non Autosufßcienza (Rome: Carocci).

    Google Scholar 

  • Ranci, C. and E. Eavolini (eds.) (2013) Reform in Long-Term Care Policies in European Countries (Heidelberg and New York: Springer).

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Rothgang, H., S. Swansky, R. Müller, S. Sauer and R. Unger (2011) Barmer GEK Pflegereport 2011 (Schwäbisch Gmünd: Barmer GEK).

    Google Scholar 

  • Saraceno, C. and W. Weck (2010) ‘Can We Identify Intergenerational Policy Regimes in Europe?’, European Societies, 12, 675–96.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Seelieb-Kaiser, M. (2012) ASISP Annual National Report 2012. United Kingdom (Brussels: European Commission).

    Google Scholar 

  • SOS (2007) Äldre — Vard och omsorg ar 2006, Statistik Socialtjänst, 3 (Stockholm: Socialstyrelsen).

    Google Scholar 

  • SOS (2013) Äldre — vard och omsorg den 1 Oktober 2012 (Stockholm: Socialstyrelsen).

    Google Scholar 

  • Szebehely, M. (2012) ‘Universell Eller Skiktad Äldreomsorg — Vem Vinner och Vem Förlorar?’, in L. Lndersson and P. Oberg (eds.), JämlikÂlderdom? ISamtiden ochFramtiden (Malmö: Liber), 208–38.

    Google Scholar 

  • Szebehely, M. and G.-B. Brydegard (2007) ‘Omsorgstjänster för Äldre och Funktionshindrade. Skilda Villkor, Skiida Trender?’, Socialvetenskaplig Tidskrift, 2–3, 197–219.

    Google Scholar 

  • Szebehely, M. and G.-B. Brydegard (2011) ‘Home Care in Sweden’, in SFI (ed.), Livindhome (Copenhagen: SFI), 231–52.

    Google Scholar 

  • Theobald, H. (2011) ‘Migrant Carers in Long-Term Care Provision: Interaction of Policy Fields’, in B. Pfau-Effinger and T. Rostgaard (eds.), Care Between Work and Welfare in European Societies (New York: Palgrave), 155–76.

    Google Scholar 

  • Theobald, H. (2012) ‘Combining Welfare Mix and New Public Management: The Case of Long-Term Care Insurance in Germany’, International journal of Social Welfare, 21 (Suppl.), 61–74.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Theobald, H. and S. Sampel (2013) ‘Radical Institutional Change and Incremental Transformation’, in C. Canci and E. Pavolini (eds.), Reform in Long-Term Care Policies in European Countries (Heidelberg and New York: Springer), 117–38.

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • TNS Infratest Sozialforschung (2011) Abschlussbericht zur Studie Wirkungen des Pflege-Weiterentwicklungsgesetz.es (Berlin: Bundesgesundheitsministerium).

    Google Scholar 

  • Trydegard, G.-B. and M. Mhorslund (2000) ‘Inequality in the Welfare State? Local Variation in Old-Age Care — The Case of Sweden’, International Journal of Social Welfare, 10, 174–84.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Trydegard, G.-B. and M. Mhorslund (2010) ‘One Uniform Welfare State or a Multitude of Welfare Municipalities? The Evolution of Local Variation in Swedish Elder Care’, Social Policy and Administration, 44(4), 495–511.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Vabo, S. I. (2010) ‘The Territorial Dimension of Long-Term Care for Older People’, in Y. Kazepov (ed.), Rescaling Social Policies: Towards Multilevel Governance in Europe (Ashgate: European Centre Vienna), 313–41.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Macerata University, Italy

    Emmanuele Pavolini (Associate Professor of Economic Sociology and Social Policy)

  2. University of Vechta, Germany

    Hildegard Theobald (Professor of Organizational Gerontology)

Authors
  1. Emmanuele Pavolini
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Hildegard Theobald
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

    Ellen Kuhlmann

  2. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

    Robert H. Blank (Adjunct Professor) (Adjunct Professor)

  3. Institute of Population Health and the Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Canada

    Ivy Lynn Bourgeault (Professor) (Professor)

  4. University of Siegen, Germany

    Claus Wendt (Professor of Sociology of Health and Healthcare Systems) (Professor of Sociology of Health and Healthcare Systems)

Copyright information

© 2015 Emmanuele Pavolini and Hildegard Theobald

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Pavolini, E., Theobald, H. (2015). Long-Term Care Policies. In: Kuhlmann, E., Blank, R.H., Bourgeault, I.L., Wendt, C. (eds) The Palgrave International Handbook of Healthcare Policy and Governance. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137384935_28

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation