Published in:CASE Network Studies and Analyses ; No. 451
Extent:
1 Online-Ressource (50 p)
Language:
English
DOI:
10.2139/ssrn.2207861
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Footnote:
Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments January 28, 2013 erstellt
Description:
Long-term care (LTC) in the new EU member states, which used to belong to the former socialist countries, is not yet a legally separated sector of social security. However, the aging dynamics are more intensive in these states than in the old EU member states. This paper analyses the process of creating an LTC sector in the context of institutional reforms of social protection systems during the transition period. The authors explain LTC's position straddling the health and social sectors, the underdevelopment of formal LTC, and the current policies regarding the risk of LTC dependency. The paper is based mainly on the analysis of information provided by country experts in the ANCIEN project