Title Social protection for dependency in old age : a study of the fifteen EU Member States and Norway / Jozef Pacolet, Ria Bouten, Hilde Lanoye, Katie Versieck

Published London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations, maps Series Routledge revivals Routledge revivals. Contents Intro; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Boxes, Figures and Scheme; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Summary; 1 A Completed Debate or an Emerging One?; 2 Aim of the Comparative Report; 3 Dependency; 4 The Welfare Mix; 5 Present Characteristics of the European Care System; 6 Debate for Change Towards Long-term Care Insurance; 7 Conclusions; 8 Need for Basic Data Collection; Introduction; 1 Scope of the Project and Research Procedure; 2 Research Methodology; 1 Definition of Dependency and the Need for Social Protection; 1 Definition of Dependency; 2 Risks 3 Some Theoretical Concepts Relating to the Organisation of the Care4 Macro-assessment of the Risk of Old Age Dependency in Theory; 5 Macro-assessment of the Risk of Old Age Dependency in Practice; 2 Some Macro-observations Regarding Social Protection of Dependent Older Persons; 1 Income Protection; 2 Health Expenditures and Services for the Elderly: Macro-information; 3 Summary of the Macro-characteristics of the Social Protection Systems; 3 The Variety, Scope and Coverage of Health and Social Services for the Elderly: the Welfare Pluralism; 1 Variety; 2 Availability; 3 Affordability 4 The Fading Borderline Between Housing Provision and Services5 Other Elements of Social Protection; 6 Summary Overview of the Existing Services; 4 Differences in Treatment of Similar Categories of Need; 1 Methodology; 2 The Choice of Case Studies; 3 Defining the Dimensions of the Case Studies; 4 Social Protection of Different Categories of Dependent Elderly People in Austria; 5 Social Protection of Different Categories of Dependent Elderly People in Belgium; 6 Social Protection of Different Categories of Dependent Elderly People in Denmark 7 Social Protection of Categories of Dependent Elderly People in Germany8 Social Protection of Different Categories of Dependent Elderly People in Spain; 9 Social Protection of Different Categories of Dependent Elderly People in Finland; 10 Social Protection of Different Categories of Dependent Elderly People in France; 11 Social Protection of Different Categories of Dependent Elderly People in Ireland; 12 Social Protection of Different Categories of Dependent Elderly People in Italy; 13 Social Protection of Different Categories of Dependent Elderly People in Luxembourg 14 Social Protection of Different Categories of Dependent Elderly People in the Netherlands15 Social Protection of Different Categories of Dependent Elderly People in Portugal; 16 Social Protection of Different Categories of Dependent Elderly People in Sweden; 17 Social Protection of Different Categories of Dependent Elderly People in the UK; 18 Social Protection of Different Categories of Dependent Elderly People in Norway; 19 Cross-country Comparisons: Differences and Similarities in Social Protection; 5 Debate on Long-term Care Insurance; 1 Introduction Summary "This title was first published in 2000. An up-to-date overview of the systems of social protection for the elderly in the fifteen EU states and Norway. The book also offers a comprehensive comparative analysis of the residential, semi-residential and community services available and explores the debates surrounding policy reform of the social protection system of dependent older persons."--Provided by publisher Notes "First published 2000 by Ashgate Publishing"--Copyright page "Comparative report commissioned by the European Commission and the Belgian Minister of Social Affairs." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 15, 2018) Subject Older people -- Government policy -- European Union countries Older people -- Government policy -- Norway Social security -- European Union countries Social security -- Norway Older people -- Long-term care -- European Union countries Older people -- Long-term care -- Norway Older people -- Medical care -- European Union countries Older people -- Medical care -- Norway POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare. Older people -- Government policy Older people -- Long-term care Older people -- Medical care Social security European Union countries Norway Form Electronic book Author Bouten, Ria, author Lanoye, Hilde, author Versieck, Katia, author ISBN 9781315183060 1315183064

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