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Long-term care in Europe [electronic resource] : improving policy and practice / edited by Kai Leichsenring, Jenny Billings, and Henk Nies.

This book challenges the prevailing discourse centred on the problems of demographic change and long-term care provision for older people by focusing on solutions emerging from progression and improvement in policy and practice. Building on ample research in 13 European countries, evidence is provid...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Leichsenring, Kai, Billings, Jenny, Nies, Henk
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Houndmills : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Subjects:
Long-term care of the sick > Europe.
Long-term care facilities > Europe.
Long-term care facilities.
Long-term care of the sick.
Europe.
Table of Contents:
  • PART I: INTRODUCTION
  • Addressing Long-Term Care as a System; Jenny Billings, K. Leichsenring & L. Wagner
  • The Emerging Identity of Long-Term Care Systems in Europe; H. Nies, K. Leichsenring & S. Mak
  • PART II: OVERCOMING THE HEALTH-SOCIAL CARE DIVIDE AND THE FORMAL-INFORMAL CARE DIVIDE
  • User Perspectives: Examining LTC Policies from the Standpoint of Older People in Need of Care and Informal Carers; M. Naiditch, J. Triantafillou, P. Di Santo, S. Carretero & E. Hirsch-Durrett
  • Joint Working Between Health and Social Care; K. Allen, J. Glasby & R. Rodrigues
  • Converging Methods to Link Social and Health Care Systems and Informal Care: Confronting Nordic and Mediterranean Approaches; J. Garčs, F.R̤denas & T. Hammar
  • Integration as 'Boundary Redefinition Process'; P. Gobet & T. Emilsson
  • PART III: INNOVATIVE CASES IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF LONG-TERM CARE IN EUROPE
  • Prevention and Rehabilitation Within Long-Term Care: Applying a Comprehensive Perspective; S. Kumpers, A. Dieterich, G. Ruppe & L. Wagner
  • The Quest for Quality in LTC; K. Leichsenring, H. Nies & R.van der Veen
  • Making Sense of Differences: The Mixed Economy of Funding and Delivering Long-Term Care; R. Rodrigues & H. Nies
  • The 'Care Gap' and Migrant Carers; R. Bednarik, P. Di Santo & K. Leichsenring
  • Volunteering in Long-Term Care for Older People: The Potential for Social Innovation; K. Repkova, K. Stiehr & B. Weigl
  • The Role of Information Technology in LTC for Older People; J. Billings, S. Carretero, G. Kagialaris, T. Mastroyiannakis & S. Meril̃inen-Porras
  • Palliative Care Within Long-Term Care Systems: Beyond End of Life? L. Holdsworth & G. Ruppe
  • PART IV: CONCLUSIONS
  • Improving the Evidence Base; J. Billings
  • Improving Policy and Practice in Long-Term Care; K. Leichsenring, J. Billings & H. Nies.

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