Abstract
Over the past few decades in Europe, and particularly
in Italy, progressive ageing of the population has been
recorded. This is due to two parallel phenomena: an
increase in life expectancy and a declining birth rate.
The growing need of elderly care has been faced by
European countries with different strategies that follow a
North-South gradient and stem from social, cultural, religious
and institutional factors.
In particular European countries from the Mediterranean
basin, including Italy, rely on “family centred” models
of welfare, where historically the family has shouldered
the burden of looking after its older parents, both
financially and in terms of assistance. Similarly, it is still
the family that supports the new generations facing the
lack of job opportunities, even if these generations have
already left the family nucleus, in a reciprocal pact that
reflects the structural absence of institutional answers. In northern Europe prevails a “non family
centered” model: here, for the past few decades, elderly
care has been managed through reforms that involve
institutions taking charge of those who are not self-sufficient:
the need of care is satisfied by the public sector,
mainly through the supply of formal services (care provided
to the elderly by paid and qualified personnel) and,
residually, through the financial support of activities by
informal caregivers (care provided for free by relatives,
neighbors, friends).
Lingua originale | Inglese |
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Titolo della pubblicazione ospite | XII Rapporto Crea Sanità "Una misura di Performance dei SSR" |
Editore | Consorzio Universitario per la Ricerca Economica Applicata in Sanità (C.R.E.A. Sanità) |
Pagine | 313-323 |
Numero di pagine | 11 |
Volume | XII |
ISBN (stampa) | 978-88-941236-1-6 |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2016 |
Keywords
- cure formali e informali
- sandwich generation
- sistemi di Long Term care