Invecchiamento della popolazione e cure formali e informali: il gradiente Nord-Sud Europa

ELENKA BRENNA, Novi C Di

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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 originaleInglese
Titolo della pubblicazione ospiteXII Rapporto Crea Sanità "Una misura di Performance dei SSR"
EditoreConsorzio Universitario per la Ricerca Economica Applicata in Sanità (C.R.E.A. Sanità)
Pagine313-323
Numero di pagine11
VolumeXII
ISBN (stampa)978-88-941236-1-6
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2016

Keywords

  • cure formali e informali
  • sandwich generation
  • sistemi di Long Term care

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