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Movies that matter: a new GOLTC interest group (and a future film festival?)

Images, sounds and stories often tell more than written texts and talks in webinars or conferences. The Global Observatory of Long Term Care (GOLTC) therefore seeks to visualize what it would like to address, in particular, how the paradigms behind long-term care are changing. What matters to people with complex long-term conditions is the point […]

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Job posting: Postdoc/Research Scientist in the Reproductive Ageing Research Group

The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) is seeking to appoint a full-time post-doctoral researcher or statistical analyst to join the Max Planck Research Group Reproductive Ageing led by Susie Lee. The Group studies reproductive ageing – an age-related change in reproductive function – in social contexts, with a goal to better understand the causes and consequences of […]

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GOLTC Blog Post: Improving Measurement of Social Connection for Care Home Residents

In this Blog Post, Andrew Sommerlad (University College London) introduces a questionnaire developed to measure social connection among people living in care homes. The measure was developed as part of the social connection in long-term care home residents (SONNET) study. It has been made freely available and can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions […]

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Changing the Narrative on Long-Term Care, 28 November, GOLTC celebration of Care and Support

Join us on the 28 November for the Global Observatory of Long-Term Care’s contribution to celebrating the UN’s International Day of Care and Support. You can register for the event here. This year’s theme is Changing the Narrative on Long-Term Care. The event has been organised across continents, starting in the Asia Pacific Region and travelling […]

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GOLTC Webinar Recording: Continence Assessment in residential long-term care

Webinar recording of the GOLTC Continence Care in Long-Term Care Interest Group Date: 1 October 2025 Accurate assessment is the cornerstone of effective continence care — yet in many care settings, it remains inconsistent, outdated, or poorly integrated into care planning. This session explores how assessment practices can be improved to better reflect the needs […]

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End of Life Care in Care Homes: The 2025 Autumn Symposium of The BSG Care Homes Research Special Interest Group

Please join us as we host this year’s autumn symposium, which focusses on End of Life Care in Care Homes. It will run from 13:00-14:30 (GMT) on Thursday 20th November 2025 The symposium will be held online, and will comprise three presentations followed by Q&As. The symposium is free and is open to anyone with […]

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GOLTC Webinar Recording: AI for Agitation: Predicting behavioural distress in dementia care.

Date: Tuesday 23 September 2025 Time: 2pm-3pm BST GOLTC Data Science Interest Group webinar Agitation and aggression in people living with dementia are among the most distressing and difficult-to-manage symptoms in clinical settings. Traditional assessments rely on carer reports, often after the fact, limiting the opportunity for early intervention. In this webinar, Dr Abeer Badawi […]

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Webinar: Cuidados en la Comunidad

Cuidados en la Comunidad Grupo de interés sobre cuidados de larga duración en España Dia: 12 de Noviembre 2025 Hora: 12.00 a 13.30 CET Inscripción: https://lse.zoom.us/meeting/register/N66zATuhQlOtcKXA9NPgUQ Contenido: Introducción al Observatorio Global de Cuidados de Larga Duración y al Grupo de Interés sobre CLD en España (Adelina Comas Herrera; Directora del Observatorio Global de Cuidados […]

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Job post: Post-doctoral fellowships on ageing and digitalisation ComFuturo iAGE Call

The Fundación General CSIC (FGCSIC) launches the fourth edition of its ComFuturo programme: ComFuturo iAGE, a postdoctoral initiative co-financed by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions COFUND scheme of the European Union. This edition is dedicated to tackling the pressing global challenge of ageing through cutting-edge research and, where relevant, the transformative potential of digitalisation. ComFuturo iAGE offers 10 fellowships to […]

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GOLTC Blog Post: Understanding how adult social care affects people’s lives: the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT)

In this post Stacey Rand (University of Kent) introduces the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT), a suite of tools designed to measure the effect of long-term care (LTC) services on people’s lives, by asking them about the things that matter to them and are most likely to be affected by services. ASCOT has been […]

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GOLTC webinar recording: Future-Proofing the Workforce: Exploring Emerging Skills Needs in Long-Term Care

Date: 17 September 2025 A webinar recording of the GOLTC Workforce Capacity and Capability Interest Group webinar from September 17, 2025 Delivering high-quality care starts with having the right skills in the right roles. As the aged care sector responds to a growing population with increasingly complex needs, understanding future skill and competency […]

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Webinar to launch the online training course “Self-care and care competences for informal caregivers”

The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe with the support of the European Union and in close collaboration with Eurocarers have developed an online training course “Self-care and care competences for informal caregivers”. The course will be launched on: 22 October 2025 at 10:45 CET Informal caregivers play an essential role in ensuring […]

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GOLTC Blog post: Family Care and the Limits of Ageing in Place in South Africa

In this post Vayda Megannon, Elena Moore and Zeenat Samodien (University of Cape Town) share a new study of the Family Caregiving Programme, undertaken across seven sites in the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces. The study engaged with 96 older persons and 103 family caregivers to explore the lived dynamics of elder care. The findings reveal that […]

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GOLTC webinar recording: What can England learn from the Covid-19 pandemic experience of other Long-Term Care systems?

Date: 9 September 2025 Time: 1pm-2pm BST, you can check you local time here Join us for the second webinar of the Social Care Reform in England interest group, in this webinar we will cover: Introduction to the Global Observatory of Long-Term care and to the Social Care Reform in England Interest Group, Adelina […]

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New Special Issue: Evaluating Long-Term Care Policies Around the World

Health Economics has published a virtual special issue featuring eight peer-reviewed papers that examine long-term care (LTC) policies and their impact on aging populations. This collection, developed in partnership with the Gateway to Global Aging Data (g2aging.org) project, features research from their 2023 conference on LTC policies and the scientific community’s role in shaping future […]

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GOLTC webinar recording: Social Care Reform in England: taking stock and setting the agenda

Date: 9 July 2025 Time: 1pm-2pm BST This was the first webinar of the Social Care Reform in England interest group, with an analysis of the current state of social care in England, an overview of what we can learn from the history of social care reform attemps in England and a reflection on the […]

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Changing the Narrative on Long-Term Care: a celebration of the UN’s International Day of Care and Support

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Call for papers: Care and Inequality: Bridging Research and Practice

QAR-Net Care second workshop: Call for papers [centreforcare.ac.uk] We are thrilled to announce the second workshop of our network, Quantitative Analysis and Research Network for Care (QAR-Net Care), entitled “Care and Inequality: Bridging Research and Practice”, organised by the University of Sheffield and the ESRC Centre for Care. The workshop will be held in Sheffield […]

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New GOLTC Methods Guide: Synthetic Control

We are delighted to share with you a new GOLTC Methods Guide on Synthetic Control. The GOLTC Methods Guides are short introductions to useful methods for Long-Term Care research written by researchers who use these methods and want to share their experience and knowledge. The Synthetic Control methods guide has been written by Cristhian Jaramillo-Huaman and Javiera Cartagena-Farias (London […]

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Would you like to contribute to an article on Long-Term Care Coverage?

We are currently working on a GOLTC paper collecting information on the Coverage of Long-Term Care in the post-Covid period and are looking for contributors to cover more countries. To take part (and become a co-author) you need to fill in a brief questionnaire that covers questions on the coverage of the risk of needing […]

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GOLTC webinar recording: Making quality visible: balancing safety and clinical indicators and patient-reported outcome indicators and narratives

GOLTC Quality Improvement in Long-Term Care Interest Group webinar Date: 2 July 2025 Time: 9:00-10:30 BST (10:00 – 11.30 CET) How do we balance safety and clinical indicators, patient-reported outcome measures and narratives? This session explores how indicators and narrative approaches can be used to monitor, compare, and improve the quality of long-term […]

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GOLTC webinar recording: Community based care resources for people with disabilities and older people with care needs

Date: 24 June 2025 Time: 3:00 to 4.30 CET (2:00 to 3.30 BST), you can check your local time here. Even as the prevention of institutionalization and promotion of ageing in place/ at home take centre stage in policy and advocacy agendas, countries around the world are struggling to adequately resource and develop the […]

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GOLTC webinar recording: Intelligent Pain Assessment in Long-term care

GOLTC Pain in Care homes Interest Group webinar Date: Tuesday, June 10th Time: 14:30 PM – 15:30 BST Pain is connected with emotional, cognitive, and behavioural disorders as well as functional issues. Moreover, chronic pain increases suffering, disability and social isolation which impacts negatively upon a person’s emotional, psychological, emotional and social wellbeing and […]

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Two new Interest Groups: Qualitative Research and Innovation in Long-Term Care

We’re delighted to welcome two new GOLTC Interest Groups! The Qualitative Research Interest Group aims to to bring together researchers at any career stage who are engaged in or interested in qualitative approaches in health and care research. The group provides a space to share ideas, experiences, and challenges related to qualitative research. We welcome discussions […]

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GOLTC blog post: Who Gets the Help They Need? Care Inequalities Among the Oldest-Old in Germany and England

In this post Ursula Henz (LSE) and Michael Wagner (U. of Cologne) share new research on how people aged 80 and over in Germany and England access care. It shows how wealth, income, education, and national care systems shape access to formal and informal help —and how these dynamics shift as care needs grow more […]

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NEW GOLTC system profile: Long-Term Care in Slovenia

We are delighted to share the new GOLTC Long-Term Care system profile for Slovenia, written by Tjaša Potočnik, Valentina Hlebec and Maša Filipovič Hrast (University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences) Highlights from the LTC system profile for Slovenia: Slovenia’s Long-Term Care (LTC) system has traditionally relied heavily on informal family support, with formal services […]

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Call for experts by the European Social Network

The European Social Network (ESN) is looking for an individual with expertise in comparative analysis to assist them within the framework of the European Social Services Index (SSI), an initiative they launched in 2023 that gathers and compares data about several EU countries’ social services legislation, expenditure, and coverage. In 2025, ESN collected data from 17 […]

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GOLTC webinar recording: Community Health Intervention through Music Engagement for Perinatal Mental Health

GOLTC Global Perinatal Mental Health Interest Group webinar Date: 3 June 2025 Time: 10:00 to 11:00 BST Perinatal mental health problems affect up to one in five women worldwide. Mental health problems in the perinatal period are a particular challenge in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) where they can be at least twice as […]

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NEW GOLTC System profile: Long-Term Care in England

We are delighted to share the new GOLTC Long-Term Care System profile for England, written by Simon Bottery (King’s Fund) and Natasha Curry (Nuffield Trust). Highlights from the LTC system profile for England: The long-term care (LTC) system in England restricts access to publicly funded support to people with the highest needs and lowest assets […]

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New open access book: “The Care Dividend: Why and How Countries Should Invest in Long-Term Care”

“The Care Dividend: Why and How Countries Should Invest in Long-Term Care” is an extensive volume published by the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, and sets out the arguments, grounded in theory and evidence, for increased public investment in high-quality, universally accessible long-term care. Strong long-term care systems benefit everyone: households, economies, health systems, […]

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New Open Access book on Unmet Needs and Care Poverty

Policy Press has now published the book ‘Care Poverty and Unmet Needs: Inequalities in Theory and Practice’, which is a collaboration of researchers from 11 different countries discussing the usefulness of the concept of care poverty and studying unmet care needs among older and disabled people and their family carers. The book has been edited […]

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Call for papers: Workshop on the economics of ageing and pensions, Berlin, 20-21 November 2025

WZB Berlin, DIW Berlin, CenEA and the DFG-Research Unit “Labor market transformation” are jointly organizing a workshop on the economics of aging and pensions. The aim of this workshop is to bring together an international group of economists working in these fields, to present recent results and advances. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • design of the pension […]

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GOLTC webinar recording: Estimating the Cost of Informal Care with a Novel Two-Stage Approach to Individual Synthetic Control

Estimating the Cost of Informal Care with a Novel Two-Stage Approach to Individual Synthetic Control GOLTC QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL METHODS Interest Group webinar Date: 27 May 2025 Time: 14:00 – 15:00 BST Informal carers provide the majority of care for people living with challenges related to older age, long-term illness, or disability. However, the care they […]

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GOLTC webinar recording: Ageing out of Place – Rethinking Ageing, Place, and Policy in Times of Change

GOLTC Ageing and Place Interest Group webinar Date: 19 May 2025 Time: 11:00 to 12:00 BST Link: Register to join on Zoom The relationship between ageing and place is evolving as demographic trends and societal changes reshape the environments where older adults live, work, and thrive. This workshop explores how the dimensions of being […]

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GOLTC webinar recording: Global initiatives on continence care in long-term care

GOLTC Continence Care in Long-Term Care Interest Group webinar Date: 14 May 2025 Are you interested in continence care in ageing and would like to know the latest initiatives internationally? Continence care for long-term residents has largely remained unchanged since the 1990s, despite profound changes in the long-term care population. Research points out deficiencies […]

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GOLTC webinar recording: The politics of live-in care migration – a comparative study of Taiwan, Austria, and Germany

GOLTC Migration, Mobility and Care Workers Interest Group webinar Date: Thursday, 8 May 2025 Time: 13:00 – 14:00 BST The recruitment and placement of migrant care workers from poorer countries into private households and long-term care services in wealthier countries has become a widespread response to care deficits in different societies around the world. In […]

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GOLTC blog post: Pricing and purchasing Long-Term Care: A series of country summary reports from the WHO Centre for Health Development

In this post Greer Van Zyl and Sarah Barber, from the WHO Centre for Health Development (WHO Kobe Center) introduce the summaries of nine country reports on pricing and purchasing Long-Term Care. The summaries cover Australia, France, Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United States and discuss the system’s […]

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GOLTC Webinar recording: Care Workforce Retention – what factors are critical and how they change with worker age?

GOLTC Workforce Capability and Capacity Interest Group webinar Date: 30 April 2025 Time: 9am-10am BST Recruitment is a critical issue for most care sectors internationally, but stemming the loss of highly experienced workers through successful retention strategies must equally be a priority. The presenters identify key factors that are critical for retention of staff […]

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GOLTC webinar recording: Dementia Meeting Centres – Development, evaluation and dissemination

GOLTC Community-Based approaches to Dementia Care Interest Group webinar Date: 28 March 2025 Time: 16:00-17:30 GMT Meeting centres are community-based that offer a welcoming and supportive environment for people living with dementia. They provide a range of services and activities tailored to the needs and interests of individuals with dementia and support for their […]

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