[en] Long-term care (LTC hereafter) concerns people who depend on help to carry out daily
activities. It is mainly delivered informally by families and to a lesser extent formally by
professional care assistants and nursing homes. Most EU governments are also involved in
some way in the provision or financing of LTC services. Right now, the future of LTC provision
appears to be gloomy, for demographic, societal and financial reasons. This TSE Note studies
the strengths and weaknesses of three institutions providing LTC services - namely the
family, the State and the private insurance market - and provides policy recommendations
based on the view that governments should take the leadership towards a comprehensive
approach of the dependency problem, while relying as much as possible on the family and
the market.
Research center :
CREPP - Centre de Recherche en Économie Publique et de la Population - ULiège
Disciplines :
Economic systems & public economics
Author, co-author :
Cremer, Helmuth
De Donder, Philippe
Pestieau, Pierre ; Université de Liège - ULiège > HEC-Ecole de gestion > HEC-Ecole de gestion
Language :
English
Title :
Providing sustainable long term care: a looming challenge