03695cam a2200553Ka 4500 ocn757511862 OCoLC 20171116100126.0 m o d cr cn||||||||| 111018s2011 njua ob 001 0 eng d 9781444395556 (electronic bk.) 1444395556 (electronic bk.) 9781444338737 (pbk.) 1444338730 (pbk.) 9786613258502 AU@ 000049641724 NZ1 15916469 DEBBG BV043393609 (OCoLC)757511862 (OCoLC)753627653 10.1002/9781444395556 Wiley InterScience http://www3.interscience.wiley.com DG1 eng pn DG1 CDX YDXCP OCLCO OCLCQ OCLCA OCLCQ EBLCP OCLCQ DEBBG e------ MAIN HV1481.E782 R44 2011 362.16094 22 Reforming long-term care in Europe / edited by Joan Costa-Font. [electronic resource] Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. 1 online resource (176 pages) : illustrations. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Broadening perspectives on social policy Includes bibliographical references and index. "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."-- Provided by publisher. "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"-- Provided by publisher. Print version record. Older people Long-term care Government policy Europe. Older people Europe Social conditions. Older people Government policy Europe. SOCIAL SCIENCE Sociology General. bisacsh Electronic books. Costa-i-Font, Joan. Wiley InterScience (Online service) Print version: Reforming long-term care in Europe. Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 9781444338737 (DLC) 2011001477 (OCoLC)701242183 Broadening perspectives on social policy. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781444395556 Wiley Online Library ddc BK 205314 205314