The book emerged from a project on integrated health and social care for older persons. After a first book in March 2004, this volume draws on the second project phase that consisted in empirical fieldwork and a cross-national analysis of model ways of working.
This book is the outcome of an international conference on ‘Transforming Disability into Ability’. The conference addressed key challenges in disability policy and discussed OECD policy recommendations.
The book provides an overview on European approaches towards integrated social and health care services and policies; furthermore, it provides indicators for successful approaches and models of good practice to overcome the "social-health-divide".
Since 2001, all EU Member States developed bi-annual National Action Plans for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion (NAPincl). The EU indicators in the field of poverty and social exclusion monitor the achievements of these National Action Plans.
The longer-term sustainability of social insurance systems has become a major issue in all European countries. The debate is generally dominated by a focus on the rising costs of old-age pensions, driven by rapidly changing population age structures.
