...Kirstein Rummery Purpose There are clear theoretical, policy and practice tensions in conceptualising social or long-term care as a “right”: an enforceable choice. The purpose of this article is to address the following questions: Do disabled and older citizens have the right to long-term care...

...Martin Powell Purpose Many governments stress the importance of “learning from abroad”. An analysis of official documents over a period of some 20 years examines learning from abroad in the case of funding long-term care in England through the lens of prospective policy transfer. Design...

...Manuel Aguilar-Hendrickson Spain departed from the Southern European tradition of residual long-term care services with the 2006 reform. The paper aims to present the main traits of the reform and its implementation, explores the reasons that may explain why the reform happened and to which...

... much discussion, and indeed reform has centred on childcare, there is a growing need, particularly in countries with ageing populations, to examine how long-term care (LTC) work is valued. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the way in which employment policies (female labour market...

... media Privatisation Long-term care Nursing homes Scandal This study uses a descriptive case study methodology which provides an in-depth, focused, qualitative analysis of selected nursing home media scandals across Canada, Norway, Sweden, the UK and the USA. Case study methodology has...

...Henglien Lisa Chen Purpose This paper aims to provide an overview of the inequalities between three countries – England, The Netherlands and Taiwan – in relation to the welfare and long‐term care of older people. It compares the positive and negative distinctions between the respective countries...