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 to share and discuss recent policy developments in those countries.

The webinar covered:

1. Introduction to the Global Observatory of Long-Term care  and welcome (Adelina Comas-Herrera, Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, LSE, UK).
2. Introduction to the Long-Term Care Policy Interest Group (Wei Yang, King’s College London, UK)
3. National perspectives on recent LTC policy developments:
   • China (Cheng Shi, Lignan University, Hong Kong)
   • France (Camille Oung, Nuffield Trust, UK)
   • Japan (Ruru Ping, Hitotsubashi University, Japan)
   • Sweden (Lennarth Johansson, Jönköping University, Sweden)
4. Discussion about the LTC policy interest group and next steps (chaired by Johanna Fischer, University of Bremen, Germany)

Read more about GOLTC and the Long-Term Care Policy Interest Group here.