The scarcity of up-to-date and comparative information on home care in Europe is in contrast to the growing size and importance of the sector. This book aims to respond to a need for this information as reflected inter alia in the 2006 Public Health Work Plan of the European Commission. No further overview has been published since a study on the organization and financing of home care in 15 countries published in 1996 (Hutten & Kerkstra, 1996). The EURHOMAP (Mapping Professional Home Care in Europe) project has been developed to assess aspects of the home-care sector in 31 European countries and the results of this study are reported in this volume. Policy-makers, academics and those responsible for service delivery will find comparable descriptive information on many aspects of the organization, financing and provision of home care across Europe. Formal structures are addressed as well as the reality of home care, including system failures and unmet needs.
In this book, ‘home care’ refers primarily to services provided by professionals in the homes of adult recipients, but informal care and the role of nonprofessionals in home care have not been left aside. The text will note explicitly any reference to informal care. Likewise, the focus is not only on regulation for professionally provided home care but also on regulation aiming at stimulating informal care. The latter is likely to become increasingly important.
Published : 31st December 2012
Publisher : The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies [ More From This Publisher ]
Rights : World Health Organization
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