15 years ago, the European Centre pioneered by publishing the first report with facts and figures on long-term care that was followed by a second edition in 2012, in collaboration with the WHO Europe and INRCA (Italy). These reports provided a broad picture of the state of play of care needs of the population and of care systems. They served as a basis for informing the development of ageing and care policies in an international comparative perspective at the time, and they were used intensively by scholars and policymakers.
Desk research, exploration of data, literature review, policy analysis