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Dependency care in the EU: a comparative analysis
- Author:
- KAMETTE Florence
- Publisher:
- Fondation Robert Schuman
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 9p.
- Place of publication:
- Paris
The ageing population together with the collapse of family solidarity means that managing old age dependency is a problem common to all European countries. In France, reform of the ‘personalised autonomy allowance’ (APA) currently being paid to the dependent elderly is under debate. This policy paper analyses the way that 6 European Member States address the problem of old age dependency to provide an illustration of various possible solutions. These 6 countries, Germany, England, Denmark, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands have been selected because their social protection systems are inspired differently and offer more or less generous types of cover. Germany and Spain have introduced specific, all-encompassing measures to manage dependency, unlike Denmark where local social security payments have gradually developed to cope with the requirements of an ageing population. England, Italy and the Netherlands distinguish between care and other services which are required by increasingly dependent people, the former depend on the healthcare system and the latter are provided for by the local authorities.
Reducing poverty among older women: social security reform and gender equity
- Authors:
- GONYEA Judith G., HOOYMAN Nancy R.
- Journal article citation:
- Families in Society, 86(3), July 2005, pp.338-346.
- Publisher:
- The Alliance for Children and Families
The authors document the higher poverty rate of older women, especially women from minority ethnic groups, compared with older men. They then review how the U.S. Social Security program generally benefits older women and reduces their late-life economic vulnerability. A persistent gender inequity, however, is that women are more likely to disrupt their paid employment to meet family care responsibilities, which may increase the number of zero-earnings years and reduce the amount paid into Social Security. Current proposals to privatize the Social Security system are critiqued in terms of their gender inequities. Three relatively revenue-neutral proposals that could increase Social Security’s protection against poverty and differentially affect low income women are briefly discussed.
Pensions not poor relief: The National Pensioners ConventionÆs contribution to the government's pension review
- Authors:
- LYNES Tony, HARRIS Joe
- Publisher:
- National Pensioners Convention
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 40p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The National Pensioners Convention agrees with the government that the present State pension will not provide an adequate retirement income. A second pension of some kind will be necessary even though there will always be room for a third tier of voluntary savings.
The pension credit: the National Pensioners Convention's response to the government's consultation paper
- Author:
- LYNES Tony
- Publisher:
- National Pensioners Convention
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 22p.
- Place of publication:
- London
From 2003 under the government's proposals, means tested income support for pensioners known as the Minimum Income Guarantee (MIG) will be renamed as the pension credit. As part of the new system the consultation paper proposed a savings credit changing the way in which entitlements are calculated.
Backing the basic: what MPs think about pensions policy
- Editor:
- LYNES Tony
- Publisher:
- National Pensioners Convention
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 17p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Reports on conclusions of three House of Commons select committee reports published in June-July 2000 and evidence on pensioner poverty submitted to the Social Security Committee by the National Pensioners Convention.
Entitlements and the elderly: protecting promises, recognizing reality
- Authors:
- MOON Marilyn, MULVEY Janemarie
- Publisher:
- Avebury
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 191p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Analyses the impact on older Americans of various options that seek to better target the 3 major benefit entitlements affecting older people in the United States: social security, Medicare and Medicaid. Looks at the economic status of older people; presents detailed descriptions of the 3 entitlements, in particular in the context of long term care; and details approaches to entitlement reforms.
Social protection for dependency in old age: a study of the fifteen EU member states and Norway
- Authors:
- PACOLET Jozef, et al
- Publisher:
- Ashgate
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 337p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
This book explores the results of a European comparative study organized in 1997–98 by the Higher Institute for Labour Studies on behalf of the European Commission and the Belgian government. The study investigated the social protection arrangements for the elderly in the fifteen member states of the EU and Norway. In addition to providing an up-to-date overview of the systems of social protection for the elderly across the fifteen EU states, this book also presents a comparative analysis of the residential, semi-residential and community services available. The study is complemented by a discussion of the debates surrounding policy reform of the social protection system of dependent older persons, and particular attention is given to the topic of long-term care insurance.
Is Swedish pension reform the right medicine for aging Europe?
- Author:
- PALMER Edward
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 14(1), 2002, pp.35-51.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Following the Second World War, the idea of the life course with distinct periods of education, work, and retirement became popular as a result of the alliance of interests of unions and management, with politicians seizing the opportunity to accommodate them. These “social partners” implemented benefit rules and created practices for using old age and disability to ease the exit of older workers. Although justifiable at the time, now those rules and practices hinder individual and employer incentives to invest in human capital and work environments that enable older workers to remain in the workforce. The article argues that the workforce environment of the coming half-century, which is relevant for persons born around 2000, is much different from that a hundred years earlier, which determined the opportunities for people born around 1900. People are healthier and live much longer and work environments are friendlier. The article argues that it is no longer justifiable to subsidize exit from the workforce around the age of 60 for healthy workers, especially in view of the coming labour shortage in Europe.
Age old attitudes?: planning for retirement, means-testing, inheritance and informal care
- Authors:
- EDWARDS Laura, REGAN Sue, BROOKS Richard
- Publisher:
- Institute for Public Policy Research
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 80p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Since 1997 the government has made changes to the pensions and long term care environment in the UK. The process continues with the planned introduction of the new State Second Pension and the Pension Credit. However, this report asks whether is this reform compatible with the attitudes and aspirations of modern citizens?
Formal social protection for older people in developing countries: three different approaches
- Author:
- LLOYD-SHERLOCK Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Policy, 31(4), October 2002, pp.695-713.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
This article examines social protection for older people in three middle-income countries: Argentina, Thailand and South Africa. It focuses on income support, health services and the provision of care, as well as considering the effects of these policies on social exclusion. The paper locates each country's different social protection programmes within a broader welfare regime model. It finds an interesting variety of approaches to pension and health provision, which range from generous universalism to minimal means-testing. However, it finds much less innovation in areas such as long-term care and intermediary services. The article challenges generalisations about old age social protection in developing countries, and argues that the different experiences of these three countries could provide useful lessons for social protection in many parts of the world.