Sustainability of Care for Older People in Ageing Societies
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2022) | Viewed by 36130
Special Issue Editors
Interests: methodology; research on ageing societies and quality of life of older people; formal and informal care; care systems
Interests: international research on family and long-term care; migrant care work; interdisciplinary research on ageing
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Interests: caregiving; active and healthy ageing; intergenerational relationships; reconciliation of paid work with informal care
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Care for older people is one of the main areas of interest for both policy and research in our ageing societies. Already within Europe, and even more beyond this continent, a large variability can be observed in terms of approaches and models of care systems adopted at both country and regional levels. In some welfare states, elder care may be performed under the umbrella of a primarily public system of service provision, be prescribed or considered to be the “default” responsibility of family members, or involve a large contribution by private care provider organisations (both for profit and non-profit), with a mix of all of these being the rule. Furthermore, care may be solely provided to older people living at home or delivered in institutional facilities, ranging from health to social and long-term care tasks and services. The COVID-19 pandemic has posed a number of additional challenges to care systems, from the risk of epidemic spreading in institutional care to limiting the provision of services to older people ageing at home and to constraints imposed on informal or family carers, including those having to combine paid work and care responsibilities. This Special Issue focuses on the sustainability of systems of care and care provision and on the quality of care provided to older people. While highlighting the perspective of older people themselves or of their (in)formal carers, it also addresses the social and technological innovations in care provision and their impact on the quality of life of older people and their (in)formal carers. Both qualitative and quantitative—or mixed methods—studies are appreciated, especially those with a comparative approach. We also welcome contributions on the methodological challenges for research carried out in epidemic situations as well as research focusing on policy approaches and the evaluation of implemented measures (e.g., at the macro and the meso level) to enhance the sustainability of care systems. A non-exhaustive list of possible topics that might be submitted includes the following:
- Sustainability of informal care in ageing societies;
- Relationship between informal and formal elder care;
- Developments in home care provision;
- Migrant work in home-based care settings;
- Integration of health, social, and long-term care services;
- Post-pandemic residential care: what should it look like;
- Impact of COVID-19 on ageing populations and on care systems;
- Economic components of the sustainability of long-term care;
- ICT-based solutions supporting informal carers and the provision of innovative care services;
- Challenges and supporting measures for combining paid work and informal care;
- Role and contribution of young carers in informal care provision.
Prof. Dr. Valentina Hlebec
Dr. Giovanni Lamura
Dr. Marco Socci
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ageing
- caregiving
- care systems
- COVID-19
- informal carers
- long-term care
- reconciliation of paid work and informal care
- sustainability
- technology and care
- research on ageing
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