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Social well-being of disabled older persons: an evidence of unequal ageing in Europe
- Authors:
- GASIOR Katrin, ZAIDI Asghar
- Publisher:
- European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 14p.
- Place of publication:
- Vienna
This Policy Brief from the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research examines the well-being of disabled older people living in European countries, by analysing various social dimensions such as satisfaction with present situation and living standards, future optimism, respect and social contacts. Multivariate modelling techniques were adopted to show how disability alone affects social well-being of older persons. The empirical results are derived from the 2006 European Social Survey. Results show that disability has a strong negative impact on various aspects of older people's social well-being, even after controlling for other pertinent factors such as education, gender, marital status and the income class. The analyses provide insights about the heterogeneity of older population in general, but particularly the fact that the experience of ageing will be strongly influenced by disability factors. The strategies presented to improve social well-being of older persons will entail building a supportive environment in which older people have opportunities to participate in the society even for those with a significant disability.
Long-term care for the elderly in Europe: development and prospects
- Editor:
- GREVE Bent
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 196
- Place of publication:
- Abingdon
Provides detailed case studies of 11 EU-member states’ welfare regimes within Europe to show how welfare states organise, structure and deliver long-term care. Chapters look at how different welfare states have focussed on long-term care, the changes that have taken place with regard to ageing populations and plans to curb increases in public sector spending. They describe the development in long-term care for the elderly after the financial crisis and also discuss the boundaries between state and civil society in the different welfare states' approaches to the delivery of care. The UK case study, by Caroline Glendinning, looks at recent developments in UK long-term care and the impacts of austerity. (Edited publisher abstract)
Financing long-term care in Europe: institutions, markets and models
- Editors:
- COSTA-FONT Joan, COURBAGE Christophe, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 360p.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
The editors offer an understanding of the institutional, economic, cultural and behavioural constraints that explain the development of models of long-term care throughout Europe. The ageing of the European population brings new financial risks that call for state, market and societal responses. Forecasts predict that the size of the old-age population in need of long-term care will double in the next 50 years in Europe. Different countries are responding to the challenge of financing long-term care in different ways. The issues discussed here include the role of market development, changing intergenerational contracts and the constraints of state intervention. This book examines different forms of partnership and the potential cooperation of state, market and societal stakeholders. It considers the institutional responses and mechanisms in place for financing old age as well as providing a deep analysis of both the demand and supply factors underpinning the development of financial instruments to cover long-term care needs in Europe.
Defining responsibility for care: approaches to care of older people in six European countries
- Author:
- BLACKMAN Tim
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Social Welfare, 9(3), July 2000, pp.181-190.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article examines the social care of older people in six contrasting European countries. Family, institutional and community care are compared, focusing on vulnerability, empowerment and the gatekeeping of resources. The article considers the position of older people in each care system by presenting individual case studies. The six countries include the family-oriented systems of Ireland, Italy and Greece, and the individual-oriented systems of Denmark, Norway and England. Overall, the different levels of provision of organised social care services are a major aspect of inequality within and between the countries. Whilst there is little prospect for any major policy transfer across national boundaries, there is potential for selective cross-national learning with regard to particular service developments.
Pension reform and income inequality among older people in 15 European countries
- Authors:
- VAN VLIET Olaf, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Social Welfare, 21(S1), October 2002, pp.S8-S29.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The ageing of populations has triggered pension reform in many advanced capitalist societies. Plans to alleviate the pressure of ageing on public financing have resulted in a trend towards more private pension provision. Considering that private social security arrangements generally entail less income redistribution than public social security, it could be expected that shifts from public to private in the pension provision would lead to higher levels of income inequality and poverty among older people. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between the developments in pension systems and the variation in income inequality and poverty among older people across 15 European countries over the time period 1995-2007. First, using data from the OECD Social Expenditure database, the article analyses the extent to which reforms have resulted in a trend towards relatively more private pension provision. Next, using data from the EU Household Panel survey and Statistics on Income and Living Conditions, the article examines the extent to which these shifts have influenced income inequality levels and poverty rates among older people. The main result of the analysis is that shifts from public to private pension provision are not associated with higher levels of income inequality or poverty among older people. The results appear to be robust for a wide range of econometric specifications.
Informal and formal home-care use among older adults in Europe: can cross-national differences be explained by societal context and composition?
- Authors:
- SUANET Bianca, GROENOU Marjolein Broese Van, TILBURG Theo Van
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 32(3), April 2012, pp.491-515.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Using data from the European Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement (SHARE) project, collected in 2006-7, this study looks at the effects of societal characteristics on older adults' use of informal and formal care in their own home. The data analysed was from samples of people aged 50 years and older and their partners from 11 countries: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden. The article describes the methodology and analysis and reports on the results, including cross-national variation in care use. The researchers found that in countries with fewer home-based services, less residential care, more informal care support and women working full-time, older adults were more likely to receive informal care only. Older adults were more likely to receive only formal home care or a combination of formal and informal care in countries with more extensive welfare state arrangements and were more likely to receive a combination of informal and formal care in countries that specify a legal obligation to care for parents.
Social policy in the European Union
- Author:
- HANTRAIS Linda
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 304p.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
- Edition:
- 3rd ed.
Social policy is constantly evolving in the European Union and is closely intertwined with other EU policy areas. This book offers an account of 50 years of social policy formation and implementation across the EU. Since publication of the 2nd edition the EU has enlarged and there has been increased debate about how to adapt its institutional structures to reflect this extended membership. The third edition takes account of the debates about adapting the Union's institutional structures to accommodate different welfare arrangements and the need for more open forms of European governance. Chapters include: developing European social policy; towards a European social model; education, training and employability; improving living and working conditions; family policy on the European agenda; the gender dimension of social policy; policy for older and disabled people; from social exclusion to social inclusion; social policy and mobility; and assessing 50 Years of European social policy.
The challenge of intra-Union and in-migration to 'social Europe'
- Author:
- WARNES Anthony M.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 28(1), January 2002, pp.135-152.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Examines with particular reference to international migrants the contradictions between rhetoric and reality in eligibility to and the availability of health and welfare entitlements across the European Union. On the hand, the Brussels Commissions laud the existence of a 'social Europe', which should exist as a logical extension of the promotion of the free movement of labour. On the other hand, the member states will not cede control of social spending and specifically social security administration. Migrants within and into the EU continue to face 'structured disadvantage' in income protection and accessibility to health and social care, especially when retired or sick, frail or disabled. Concludes with recommendations for the advocacy organisations that seek to end this structured disadvantage about the most likely ways in which policies can be changed.
Can pension systems cope?: population ageing and retirement income provision in the European Union
- Author:
- DAVIS E. Phillip
- Publisher:
- Royal Institute of International Affairs
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 76p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Examines the effects of ageing in the EU on economic performance in general and on pension systems in particular.
Social care in Europe
- Editors:
- MUNDAY Brian, ELY Peter
- Publisher:
- Prentice Hall
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 247p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Collection of articles looking at the contexts for, and the outcomes of, the diversity of social care provision by the member states of the European Union. The book first addresses how we define social care in Europe and looks at the differences between member states. Goes on to look in more detail at the context for social care provision and the constitutional framework provided by the European Union itself. Further chapters cover Europe's mixed economy of welfare and provide detailed analysis of the impact of social care provision on 3 key clients groups: children and families, disabled people and older people.