This article builds on recent research on the fortunes of universalism in European social
policy by tracing the development of eldercare policy in four Nordic countries: Denmark …

With the extensive long-term care services for older people, the Nordic countries have been
labelled 'caring states' as reported (Leira, Welfare state and working mothers: the …

As in many Western countries, eldercare services in Sweden have changed dramatically
over recent decades. Population ageing, ageing‐in‐place policies, pressures to contain …

This article analyses the changing roles of the state, family and market in providing care for
older people in S weden, in relation to S candinavian welfare ideals of universalism and de …

This paper reviews the past development of the publicly funded long-term care (LTC) system
and aims to advance further discussion of LTC in Taiwan. The Ten-year Long-Term Care …

In Norway, home‐based care forms part of the universal welfare model in that services are
offered to and used by all groups of citizens. An infrastructure of in‐home services has …

Deinstitutionalization is an important trend in the redesign of long-term eldercare in Finland.
It refers to a process where traditional institutional care is partly replaced by home care …

This article focuses on Nordic eldercare workers and their experiences of working conditions
in times of change and reorganisation. In recent years New Public Management-inspired …

Social services–publicly funded social services–have come a long way in Europe. From a
family concern, charitable endeavour or employmentrelated benefit, in the span of a century …

European countries are facing social changes that are challenging their long-term care
(LTC) systems in different ways. The ageing population and the decrease of care potential in …