Tackling Long-Term Care Needs in Ageing Societies in (Post) Pandemic Times: Multidisciplinary Research Approaches in an International Perspective

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue, Tackling Long-Term Care Needs in Ageing Societies in (Post) Pandemic Times: Multidisciplinary Research Approaches in an International Perspective, seeks theoretical and empirical papers that deal with long-term care challenges at the local, national, and international level and possible strategies for addressing them. Submissions may investigate policy issues with regard to the role played by public and private (including profit and non-profit) stakeholders in this field and also analyze how dynamics and interactions may be changing to take into account the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Papers may also consider how worldwide phenomena like rising life expectancy and population aging might challenge societal arrangements and healthcare systems throughout the developed world. Longevity is one of the greatest achievements attained in the recent past due to scientific, social, and technological progress, and papers focusing on the analysis of longevity patterns and their relationships with health, social, and long-term care aspects are welcome. We particularly encourage authors to submit comparative papers and articles from low- and middle-income countries. 

Among the topics that this Special Issue is willing to host are especially (albeit not exclusively) the following:

1. Longevity and long-term care needs
2. Informal care
3. Formal care
4. Migrant care work
5. Forgone interventions
6. Labor challenges in the health, social, and/or long-term care market
7. Health, social and/or long-term care inequalities among older adults and their families
8. Public vs. private (profit or non-profit) care service provision
9. Policy interventions and financing of health, social, and/or long-term care services
10. Costs of health, social, and long-term care services
11. Financial burden of care
12. Medical costs (e.g., for medication, treatments) and other economic components of care provision
13. Occupational hazards of care professions and the impacts of the pandemic on workers’ wellbeing
14. Prevention of infection spread in nursing homes
15. The role of technology in LTC and in the development of assisted environments
16. Quality of care
17. The impact of stereotypes and ageism in the management of COVID-19 in LTC facilities

Prof. Dr. Aviad Tur-Sinai
Dr. Giovanni Lamura
Dr. Alexandra Lopes
Guest Editors

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