Publications by Year: 2011

Income poverty in the EU

Policy brief

The aim of this Brief is to analyse the level of poverty and the trends of poverty across the European Union. The rate of poverty varies between 9% and 26% across EU Member States.

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Poverty and social exclusion of migrants in the European Union

Policy brief

The Policy Brief analyses the occurrence of risk-of-poverty and social exclusion among the migrant population, and the trends in poverty rates between 2004 and 2007 based on the EU-SILC survey.

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Quality management by result-oriented indicators

Policy brief

This Policy Brief is an output of the European project ‘Quality Manage­ment by Result-oriented Indicators – Towards Benchmarking in Resi­dential Care for Older People’. It informs about approaches and project results.

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Comparing European alcohol policies

Policy brief

Preventive activities to reduce alcohol-related problems and/or alcohol consumption are mostly taken by the state and occasionally also by other stakeholders. They largely explain changes in alcohol consumption in European countries.

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Active ageing and prevention in the context of long-term care

Policy brief

Relating prevention with long-term care is often thought of as something contradictory. It generally provokes the question whether preventive or activating measures are still feasible or even existent for a person already in need of long-term care.

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