Long-Term Care in Europe

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Long Term Care in Europe: An Introduction

   • Ulrich Becker

   Pages 1-18

3. Benefit Structures for Persons Dependent on Long-Term Care in Austria

   • Walter J. Pfeil

   Pages 19-55

4. The Czech Republic: No Promised Land for Carers and Persons Dependent on Long-Term Care

   • Kristina Koldinská, Martin Štefko

   Pages 57-92

5. Long-Term Care Benefits under the French Social Protection System

   • Otto Kaufmann

   Pages 93-119

6. Long-Term Care in Germany

   • Hans-Joachim Reinhard

   Pages 121-175

7. Long Term Care in Hungary

   • József Hajdú, Dóra Lajkó

   Pages 177-228

8. Long-Term Care Benefits and Services in Italy

   • Eva Maria Hohnerlein

   Pages 229-307

9. Long-Term Care in the Netherlands

   • Tineke Dijkhoff

   Pages 309-352

10. Long-Term Care Benefits and Services in Norway

    • Sebastian Weber

    Pages 353-379

11. The Legal Position of Persons Dependent on Long-Term Care in the Republic of Poland

    • Ariel Przybyłowicz

    Pages 381-413

12. Legal Aspects of Long-Term Care in Slovenia

    • Grega Strban

    Pages 415-460

13. Social Protection Against the Risk of Long-Term Care Dependency in Spain

    • Hans-Joachim Reinhard

    Pages 461-493

14. Long-Term Care Benefits and Services in Sweden

    • Sebastian Weber

    Pages 495-530

15. Social Security and Long-Term Care Dependency in Switzerland

    • Iren Bischofberger, Hardy Landolt

    Pages 531-578

16. Comparison

    • Hans-Joachim Reinhard

    Pages 579-602

This book provides a comprehensive overview on the long-term care systems in 12 EU member states and Norway. Focusing on the legal background and its main principles, it includes a comparative analysis which highlights the principal dissimilarities between European long term care benefits, but at the same time also a variety of features in common. It also discusses the increasingly transnational dimension of long-term as a result of migrants returning to their country of origin in old age, and the still-unsolved legal problem of entitlement to long-term care benefits in another EU-member state.

• Long-term care
• Health care
• Frail elderly
• Disability
• European Law

• Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy, Munich, Germany

  Ulrich Becker

• Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Fulda, Germany

  Hans-Joachim Reinhard

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Becker, Director for Foreign and International Social Law at Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy.
Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Reinhard, ​Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy. 

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