Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XIX, 389 Seiten)
ISBN:
9781137032348
Content:
Drawing on research across a wide range of European countries, this book analyzes the key issues at stake in developing long-term care systems for older people in Europe with a focus on progression and improvement for policy and practice.
Content:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures, Tables and Boxes -- Preface -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Part I: Introduction -- 1 Addressing Long-Term Care as a System - Objectives and Methods of Study -- 2 The Emerging Identity of Long-Term Care Systems in Europe -- Part II: Overcoming the Health-Social Care Divide and the Formal-Informal Care Divide -- 3 User Perspectives in Long-Term Care and the Role of Informal Carers -- 4 Joint Working between Health and Social Care -- 5 Converging Methods to Link Social and Health Care Systems and Informal Care - Confronting Nordic and Mediterranean Approaches -- 6 Integration as 'Boundary Redefinition Process' -- Part III: Innovative Cases in the Construction of Long-Term Care in Europe -- 7 Prevention and Rehabilitation within Long-Term Care: Applying a Comprehensive Perspective -- 8 The Quest for Quality in Long-Term Care -- 9 Making Sense of Differences - the Mixed Economy of Funding and Delivering Long-Term Care -- 10 The 'Care Gap' and Migrant Carers -- 11 Volunteering in Long-Term Care for Older People: The Potential for Social Innovation -- 12 The Role of Information Technology in Long-Term Care for Older People -- 13 Palliative Care within Long-Term Care Systems: Beyond End of Life? -- Part IV: Conclusions -- 14 Improving the Evidence Base -- 15 Improving Policy and Practice in Long-Term Care -- Appendices -- Appendix A: The INTERLINKS Framework for Long-Term Care - Themes, Sub-Themes and Key Issues -- Appendix B: The INTERLINKS Template to Describe and Analyse Practice Examples -- Bibliography -- Index.
Note:
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781137032331
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781137032331
Language:
English
Keywords:
Europa
;
Langzeitbetreuung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Author information:
Leichsenring, Kai 1961-
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