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Strategies of care: changing elderly care in Italy and the Netherlands
- Author:
- ROIT Barbara Da
- Publisher:
- Amsterdam University Press
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 220p.
- Place of publication:
- Amsterdam
This book traces the changes in the elderly care systems of Italy and the Netherlands since the early 1990s, drawing attention to the advantages and disadvantages of these two very different models. It examines the formal care system of the Dutch, and reveals how this system, despite strong policy pressures, has remained relatively stable, while the Italian system has undergone major transitions despite minimal policy intervention. Based on a wealth of data and extensive interviews with both caregivers and patients, this book is designed for anyone interested in the future of European health care debates. Contents include: changing care systems - an introduction; the context and policy trajectories; the challenge of dependence; changing care packages; care packages in practice; the creation of care packages and the transformations of care systems; and conclusions.
Ageing and well-being in an international context
- Author:
- CLIFTON Jonathan
- Publisher:
- Institute for Public Policy Research
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 36p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The author asks what lessons the UK can learn from several case studies from overseas about how the well-being of older people can be incorporated into a wider range of policy areas than those, traditionally, of pensions, health and social care. For example, in the UK an ageing population brings more focus onto mental health, loneliness and isolation issues, whereas life satisfaction is highest in Japan among those over 65. In addition, case studies from Ireland, the United States, Norway, Finland, New Zealand and China are presented with much variation in findings. Examples of how the well-being of older people can be addressed in the four key areas of relationships, work, learning and the built environment are discussed and put forward by the author as good practice for the future of an ageing population in the UK.
Building for choice
- Authors:
- THOMAS Caroline, ROOSE Tracey
- Publisher:
- Anchor Trust
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 44p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Kidlington
Review considering ways in which housing can make independent living easier for older people. The report is aimed at developers, designers, managers and policy makers from the health and social care sectors, as well as housing. Draws examples from schemes from the Netherlands, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
We're in charge: cohousing communities of older people in the Netherlands; lessons for Britain?
- Author:
- BRENTON Maria
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 87p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Research study looking at fifteen groups of people aged fifty-five to eighty plus who, anticipating the possibility of a life alone, or increased frailty, have taken steps to start or join a CoHousing community. CoHousing is an arrangement whereby groups of older people live in their own residential project and form a community in the process, promoting independent and collaborative living in separate, self contained units.
Gradual retirement in the OECD countries: macro and micro issues and policies
- Editors:
- DELSEN Lei, REDAY-MULVEY Genevieve
- Publisher:
- Dartmouth
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 223p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Uses comparative analysis of evidence from Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Japan and the USA to look at future directions for policy on the employment of older people. Places this in the context of current trends towards retirement at a variety of ages.
Second European Congress on home care and help at home: Maastricht, The Netherlands October 6th - 7th, 1994; closing the gap between institutional care and home care
- Author:
- EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF ORGANIZATIONS FOR HOME CARE AND HELP AT HOME
- Publisher:
- European Association of Organizations for Home Care and Help at Home
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 55p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Brussels
Conference papers discussing the main trends in home care in Europe and the United States.
International perspectives on community care for older people
- Editors:
- SCHARF Thomas, WENGER G. Clare
- Publisher:
- Avebury
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 243p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Research study.
Contrasting European policies for the care of the elderly
- Editors:
- JAMIESON Anne, ILLSLEY Raymond
- Publisher:
- Avebury
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 199p., tables, bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Looks at Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, and the UK. Part 1 examines the relationship between formal and informal care, Part 2 deals with care systems and care delivery problems. Includes chapter by Ian Sinclair, Peter Gorbach, Enid Levin and Jenny Williams: 'Community care and residential admissions: results from two empirical studies'.
Quality assurance indicators of long-term care in European countries
- Authors:
- DANDI Roberto, CASANOVA Georgia
- Publisher:
- European Network of Economic Policy Research Institutes
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 128p.
- Place of publication:
- Brussels
This report present the findings and conclusions of research undertaken in the context of research projects carried out by a consortium of ENEPRI member institutes. This report is a contribution to Work Package 5 of the ANCIEN project, which focuses on the future of long-term care for the elderly in Europe. The report presents the quality indicators that were collected by the ANCIEN project partners in each country. The main contribution of this report is a classification of the quality assurance indicators in different European countries according to three dimensions: organisation type; quality dimensions; and system dimensions. The countries that provided quality indicators, which are used at a national level or are recommended to be used at a local level by a national authority, are: Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. In total, 390 quality indicators were collected. Each quality indicator has been assigned to one or more options in each dimension.
Long-term care quality assurance policies in European countries
- Authors:
- DANDI Roberto, et al
- Publisher:
- European Network of Economic Policy Research Institutes
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 89p.
- Place of publication:
- Brussels
This report present the findings and conclusions of research undertaken in the context of research projects carried out by a consortium of ENEPRI member institutes. This report is a contribution to Work Package 5 of the ANCIEN project, which focuses on the future of long-term care for the elderly in Europe. This report analyses the quality assurance policies for long-term care (LTC) in the following countries: Austria, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. First, it discusses quality assurance in LTC by analysing: the dimensions of quality, the policy frameworks for quality in LTC, the different levels of development of LTC quality policies at the international, national, organisational, and individual levels. Second, it describes the methodology for collecting and analysing data on quality policies in the selected countries. Finally, it discusses the results, identifying four clusters of countries based on quality policies and indicators for LTC. These clusters are compared to the clusters identified in Work Package 1 of the ANCIEN project. Policy recommendations are proposed.