TY  - BOOK
AU  - Costa-i-Font,Joan
ED  - Wiley InterScience (Online service)
TI  - Reforming long-term care in Europe
T2  - Broadening perspectives on social policy
SN  - 9781444395556
AV  - HV1481.E782 R44 2011
U1  - 362.16094 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Hoboken, NJ
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
KW  - Older people
KW  - Long-term care
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Europe
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Sociology
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "Reforming Long-term Care in Europe offers the most up-to-date analysis of the features and developments of long-term care in Europe. Each chapter focuses on a key question in the policy debate in each country and offers a description and analysis of each system. Offers the very latest analysis of long-term care reform agendas in Europe. Compares countries comparatively less studied with the experiences of reform in Germany, the UK, Netherlands and Sweden. Each chapter focuses on a key question in the policy debate in each country and portrays a description and analysis of each system. Contributions from a wide range of European scholars for an exceptionally broad perspective."--; "The assistance given to older people to help with the essential activities of their daily lives is one of the key policy responsibilities undergoing an expansion of public converge. Given the extended life-spans of populations across Europe, this pertinent issue is now increasingly in the loop of political reform in all countries, including the UK, Spain, Germany and Sweden. This book offers the most up-to-date analysis of the features and developments of long-term care in Europe. It focuses on countries that have been comparatively less studied, for example, Eastern Europe, Italy, France and Spain, and makes comparisons with reform practices in Germany, the UK, Netherlands and Sweden. Each chapter focuses on a key question in the policy debate in each country and offers a description and analysis of each system"--
UR  - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781444395556
ER  -