This article builds on recent research on the fortunes of universalism in European social
policy by tracing the development of eldercare policy in four Nordic countries: Denmark …

A broad-ranging introduction to the provision, funding and governance of health care across
a variety of systems. This revised fifth edition incorporates additional material on low/middle …

Many countries have been working on revising their long-term care (LTC) policies to meet
the increasing demand for care. Generally, little attention is paid to the potential …

As in many Western countries, eldercare services in Sweden have changed dramatically
over recent decades. Population ageing, ageing‐in‐place policies, pressures to contain …

The second King's College London Symposium on Ageing and Long-term Care in China
was convened from 4 to 5th July 2019 at King's College London in London. The aim of the …

Health systems are under more pressure than ever before, and the challenges are
multiplying and accelerating. Economic forces, new technology, genomics, AI in medicine …

Objectives To evaluate the impact of palliative home care support on the quality of care and
costs in the last 14 days of life. Design Matched cohort study using linked administrative …

Objectives We examine whether socioeconomic inequalities in home-care use among
disabled older adults are related to the contextual characteristics of long-term care (LTC) …

Long-term care is a rising and important issue in many contemporary welfare states around
the globe given the demographic changes, expectations on size and quality of service, use …

This article explores how far the concepts of de-familialisation/familialisation are adequate to
the classification of long-term care (LTC) policies for older people. In the theoretical debate …