Long-Term Care in Europe: A Juridical Approach

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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. Front Matter ....Pages i-ix Long Term Care in Europe: An Introduction (Ulrich Becker)....Pages 1-18 Benefit Structures for Persons Dependent on Long-Term Care in Austria (Walter J. Pfeil)....Pages 19-55 The Czech Republic: No Promised Land for Carers and Persons Dependent on Long-Term Care (Kristina Koldinská, Martin Štefko)....Pages 57-92 Long-Term Care Benefits under the French Social Protection System (Otto Kaufmann)....Pages 93-119 Long-Term Care in Germany (Hans-Joachim Reinhard)....Pages 121-175 Long Term Care in Hungary (József Hajdú, Dóra Lajkó)....Pages 177-228 Long-Term Care Benefits and Services in Italy (Eva Maria Hohnerlein)....Pages 229-307 Long-Term Care in the Netherlands (Tineke Dijkhoff)....Pages 309-352 Long-Term Care Benefits and Services in Norway (Sebastian Weber)....Pages 353-379 The Legal Position of Persons Dependent on Long-Term Care in the Republic of Poland (Ariel Przybyłowicz)....Pages 381-413 Legal Aspects of Long-Term Care in Slovenia (Grega Strban)....Pages 415-460 Social Protection Against the Risk of Long-Term Care Dependency in Spain (Hans-Joachim Reinhard)....Pages 461-493 Long-Term Care Benefits and Services in Sweden (Sebastian Weber)....Pages 495-530 Social Security and Long-Term Care Dependency in Switzerland (Iren Bischofberger, Hardy Landolt)....Pages 531-578 Comparison (Hans-Joachim Reinhard)....Pages 579-602