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Care for Elderly People in the European Community
Author(s) -
Henrard JeanClaude
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
social policy and administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.972
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1467-9515
pISSN - 0144-5596
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9515.1991.tb00514.x
Subject(s) - population ageing , older people , nursing homes , residential care , economic growth , social policy , public policy , european community , elderly people , social care , population , business , political science , economics , gerontology , nursing , medicine , environmental health , international trade , law
All EEC countries are faced with an ageing population, which means an increase of people in some way handicapped in everyday activities. A comparison of the solutions adopted by several EEC countries in the sectors of housing, home care services, residential and nursing homes shows that a real medico‐social policy has been worked out only in Denmark and the Netherlands. In France and the United Kingdom, public authorities have certainly defined policies which lay claim to providing overall coverage but they have not provided corresponding resources. In Germany and in Italy there is no clearly defined policy. Here we discuss the various factors which may account for these differences.