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 remaining underdeveloped and unevenly distributed.
• While residential care, particularly nursing homes, are well-established, community- and home care services have been characterized by significant disparities in quality, accessibility, availability, and affordability across municipalities.
• A major recent reform of the LTC sector aims to address these structural issues by introducing a unified LTC system, improving access to home and community-based services, and ensuring more equitable and sustainable care provision across the country.
• The new reform introduces mandatory LTC insurance and aims to integrate health and social services, reduce regional disparities, and ensure universal access to LTC services.
• The reform has also enhanced and reorganized the role of the family assistant, bringing it closer to formal employment than before.
• Despite these ambitious goals, a shortage of qualified care workers may continue to limit access to formal services and increase reliance on (limited) new cash benefits as well as on the (grey) market.

Click here to read the LTC system profile for Slovenia.

Click here to see all the GOLTC system profiles.