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| Health and welfare policy and older people in Europe | | Author(s) | Richard Hugman |
| Journal title | Health Care in Later Life, vol 1, no 4, November 1996 |
| Pages | pp 211-222 |
| Keywords | Services ; Health services ; Social policy ; Social welfare ; Europe. |
| Annotation | European society is ageing and this phenomenon will provide a major challenge to health professionals and policy makers in the next century. This paper begins by examining the concept of the `demographic time bomb' and questions the assumptions behind this idea and related policy recommendations. Models of health and welfare structures that have predominated in Europe since 1945 are then considered in relation to the implications for these models of ideas of `threat' or `burden' arising from substantially increased numbers and proportions of older people. The concept of `the welfare mix' is discussed in the light of the implications it has for reconceptualising health and social care systems and the delivery of services for older people and their families. The paper concludes by examining the way in which the development of `the welfare mix' opens up new areas of practice in health and social care that are indirect, namely budgeting, coordination and carer support. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980212216 A |
| Classmark | I: L: TM2: TY: 74 |
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