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Long-Term Care Policy
24/06/2024
Published:
08 Jul 2024
GOLTC webinar recording: State of LTC Assessment: Multi-stakeholder participatory approaches
GOLTC webinar – State of Long-Term Care Assessment: How can multi-stakeholder participatory approaches be used to build consensus and plan LTC reforms? This GOLTC Long Term Care Policy Interest Group webinar took place on the 24th June 2024, as a joint even with the WHO Regional Office for Europe and Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs […]
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01 Jul 2024
GOLTC webinar recording: Current long-term care policies and challenges in three Asian tigers
On 25 March, the GOLTC Long-Term Care Policy Interest Group convened a webinar on “Current long-term care policies and challenges in three Asian tigers”. The webinar featured: Welcome and Introduction to the GOLTC LTC Policy Interest Group (Adelina Comas-Herrera, Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, LSE) Chairing and session introduction (Johanna Fischer, University of Bremen) Presentations: […]
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21 Jun 2024
NEW GOLTC system profile: Long-Term Care in Serbia
We are delighted to share the new GOLTC Long-Term Care system profile for Serbia, written by Nataša Todorović and Milutin Vračević (Red Cross of Serbia and Gerontological Society of Serbia). Highlights from the LTC system profile for Serbia: Formal Long-Term Care services in Serbia are split between the social welfare, healthcare and the pension insurance systems, without much […]
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10 Jun 2024
NEW GOLTC system profile: Long-Term Care in Ireland
In the GOLTC Long-Term Care system profile for Ireland, Brendan Walsh and Sheelah Connolly (Economic and Social Research Institute and Trinity College Dublin) describe the Irish LTC system. Highlights from the Irish LTC system profile: The Irish LTC system relies heavily on unpaid family care, supplemented by publicly funded formal services. The most established component […]
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11 Jun 2024
Profil des Langzeitpflegesystem für Österreich
Wir freuen uns, die deutschsprachige Version des österreichischen Profils des Langzeitpflegesystem zu teilen. Danke an Ulrike Famira-Mühlberger (WIFO, Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)and August Österle (WU, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien). Sie können das Profil des Langzeitpflegesystem für Österreich hier lesen.
24/06/2024
Published:
30 May 2024
State of Long-Term Care Assessment: How can multistakeholder participatory approaches be used to build consensus and plan LTC reforms? 24 June 2024
State of Long-Term Care Assessment: How can multistakeholder participatory approaches be used to build consensus and plan LTC reforms? Connect with the Long-Term Care Policy Interest Group to find out! GOLTC Long Term Care Policy Interest Group webinar Date: 24 June 2024 Time: 13.00-14.30 BST Link: Register to join on Zoom Multistakeholder, participatory processes are […]
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01 May 2024
New GOLTC system profile: Long-Term Care in Finland
In the GOLTC Long-Term Care system profile for Finland, Leena Forma (Laurea University of Applied Sciences and Tampere University) and Emilia Leinonen (University of Jyväskylä) describe the Finnish universal public Long-Term Care system. Highlights from the Finland’s System Profile: In 2023 there was a major change in governance, transferring responsibility for organising care from over 300 […]
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22 Mar 2024
GOLTC webinar recording: Recent Developments in Long-Term Care Policy in China, France, Japan and Sweden, 26 February 2024
Are you interested in Long-Term Care Policy and would you like to know about the latest developments internationally? On the 26th February, the Global Observatory of Long-Term Care (GOLTC) hosted the first webinar of the GOLTC Long-Term Care Policy Interest Group. The webinar brought together experts on Long-Term Care in China, France, Japan and Sweden […]
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26 Mar 2024
New GOLTC system profile: Long-Term Care in Austria
In the GOLTC Long-Term Care system profile for Austria, Ulrike Famira-Mühlberger (Austrian Institute of Economic Research) and August Österle (Vienna University of Economics and Business) describe a system characterised by strong reliance on family and migrant carers. Highlights from Austria’s System Profile: Austria’s LTC system relies heavily on migrant live-in care (24 hour care) to […]
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20 Mar 2024
New GOLTC system profile: Long-Term Care in Mainland China
China is the country with the largest number of older people in the world (254 million in 2019) and is ageing very fast, with an estimated 402 million people expected to be over 60 by 2040. In the GOLTC Long-Term Care system profile for Mainland China, Ruru Ping (Hitotsubashi University) and Bo Hu (Care Policy and Evaluation […]
25/03/2024
Published:
06 Mar 2024
Long-Term Care Policy Webinar: Current long-term care policies and challenges in three Asian tigers. 25 March 2024
We are excited to announce the next webinar from the Global Observatory of Long Term Care (GOLTC), which will be convened by the Long-Term Care Policy Interest Group. Current long-term care policies and challenges in three Asian tigers 2nd GOLTC LONG-TERM CARE POLICY INTEREST GROUP WEBINAR Date: Monday 25 March 2024 Time: 9:00 – 10:00 […]
26/02/2024
Published:
30 Jan 2024
GOLTC Long-Term Care Policy Webinar, 26 February 2024
Recent developments in Long-Term Care Policy: Perspectives from China, France, Japan and Sweden GOLTC LTC Policy Interest Group webinar Date: Monday 26 February 2024 Time: 13.00-14.00 GMT (you can check your local time here.) Register to join us on Zoom. How are different countries developing and strengthening their Long-Term Care (LTC) systems? The LTC […]