The European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research supports the Sustainable Development Goals
Making the investment case for sustainable long-term care systems is a key concern of the Europe Roadmap for the Decade of Healthy Ageing, 2021-2030. At the same time, existing models of financing of long-term care raise different issues in terms of equity and fiscal sustainability, with mounting evidence that many of the current long-term care systems offer insufficient protection against catastrophic expenses arising from care needs.
The current project will aim to co-produce a fact sheet on Financing of long-term care to inform in a concise but non-technical way about the conceptual underpinnings of “universal coverage for long-term care”.
The fact sheet will be illustrated with evidence/facts on a number of European countries from different parts of the WHO European Region. To this end a number of indicators of financial protection and equity in long-term care will be developed and included in the document.
The project entails the following main tasks:
i) Desk research of existing data on expenditure on long-term care (e.g. contributions from families to the costs of care);
ii) Construction of indicators on equity and financial protection against costs arising from long-term care needs;
iii) Drafting report.
The European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research supports the Sustainable Development Goals
