Vulnerability and Long-term Care in Europe

Provides information on how public regulations define the 'vulnerable' elderly throughout Europe Reviews characteristics of specific main in-cash and in-kind programmes of care at regional and national level in Europe Presents the overall framework of public long-term care (LTC) services Matches information on eligibility conditions with a monetary estimate of the entry-level amount of benefit provided to eligible individuals Offers two comparative analyses of policies' potential coverage

Agar Brugiavini is Professor at the Department of Economics at Ca'Foscari University of Venice, Italy. Ludovico Carrino is Research Associate at the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at King's College London, UK; and is affiliated to the Department of Economics at Ca'Foscari University of Venice, Italy. Cristina Elisa Orso is Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Department of Economics at Ca'Foscari University of Venice, Italy. Giacomo Pasini is Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, Ca'Foscari University of Venice, Italy; and Research Fellow at NETSPAR, The Netherlands.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The concept of vulnerability: clinical vs policy perspectives.- Chapter 3. Country-profiles of eligibility legislations in Europe.- Chapter 4. A comparative analysis of LTC systems in terms of inclusiveness.- Chapter 5. Life-course health and inequality.- Chapter 6. Conclusions.