Long-Term Care in Europe

A Juridical Approach

  • Ulrich Becker
  • Hans-Joachim Reinhard
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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-ix
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  2. Long Term Care in Europe: An Introduction
    Ulrich Becker
    Pages 1-18
  3. Benefit Structures for Persons Dependent on Long-Term Care in Austria
    Walter J. Pfeil
    Pages 19-55
  4. The Czech Republic: No Promised Land for Carers and Persons Dependent on Long-Term Care
    Kristina Koldinská, Martin Štefko
    Pages 57-92
  5. Long-Term Care Benefits under the French Social Protection System
    Otto Kaufmann
    Pages 93-119
  6. Long-Term Care in Germany
    Hans-Joachim Reinhard
    Pages 121-175
  7. Long Term Care in Hungary
    József Hajdú, Dóra Lajkó
    Pages 177-228
  8. Long-Term Care Benefits and Services in Italy
    Eva Maria Hohnerlein
    Pages 229-307
  9. Long-Term Care in the Netherlands
    Tineke Dijkhoff
    Pages 309-352
  10. Long-Term Care Benefits and Services in Norway
    Sebastian Weber
    Pages 353-379
  11. The Legal Position of Persons Dependent on Long-Term Care in the Republic of Poland
    Ariel Przybyłowicz
    Pages 381-413
  12. Legal Aspects of Long-Term Care in Slovenia
    Grega Strban
    Pages 415-460
  13. Social Protection Against the Risk of Long-Term Care Dependency in Spain
    Hans-Joachim Reinhard
    Pages 461-493
  14. Long-Term Care Benefits and Services in Sweden
    Sebastian Weber
    Pages 495-530
  15. Social Security and Long-Term Care Dependency in Switzerland
    Iren Bischofberger, Hardy Landolt
    Pages 531-578
  16. Comparison
    Hans-Joachim Reinhard
    Pages 579-602

About this book

Introduction

This book provides a comprehensive overview on the long-term care systems in 12 EU member states and Norway. Focusing on the legal background and its main principles, it includes a comparative analysis which highlights the principal dissimilarities between European long term care benefits, but at the same time also a variety of features in common. It also discusses the increasingly transnational dimension of long-term as a result of migrants returning to their country of origin in old age, and the still-unsolved legal problem of entitlement to long-term care benefits in another EU-member state.

Keywords

Long-term care Health care Frail elderly Disability European Law

Editors and affiliations

  • Ulrich Becker
    • 1
  • Hans-Joachim Reinhard
    • 2
  1. 1.Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social PolicyMunichGermany
  2. 2.Fulda University of Applied SciencesFuldaGermany

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70081-6
  • Copyright Information Springer International Publishing AG 2018
  • Publisher Name Springer, Cham
  • eBook Packages Law and Criminology
  • Print ISBN 978-3-319-70080-9
  • Online ISBN 978-3-319-70081-6
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