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Valuing and integrating informal care as a core component of long-term care for older people
— a comparison of recent developments in Italy and Spain |
| Author(s) | Georgia Casanova, Giovanni Lamura, Andrea Principi |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Social Policy, vol 29, no 3, May-June 2017 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, May-June 2017 |
| Pages | pp 201-217 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Family care ; Services ; Health services ; Long term ; Coordination ; Interaction [welfare services] ; Comparison ; Italy ; Spain. |
| Annotation | The international long-term care (LTC) debate has recently been focusing on how to strengthen home care provision. In this regard, a major role has been played by informal care and how to best integrate it in a holistic care approach. Italy and Spain, usually labelled as having "familialist" or "family-based" care models, have been promoting national reforms or actions to support the integration of "informal" actors into the overall LTC system. Through a comparative review of recent trends observed in the two care regimes, this article aims at contributing to improving our cross-national understanding of how LTC is changing across Europe, by identifying the basic approaches adopted in Italy and Spain, and highlighting both their strengths and drawbacks. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-180112210 A |
| Classmark | P6:SJ: I: L: 4Q: QAJ: QK6: 48: 76V: 76S |
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