.../legalcode Long-term care Informal care Social sustainability Europe Systematic review Gender Socioeconomic In our society formal elderly care is an increasingly scarce good: Due to demographic changes of longer life expectancy and declining birth-rates, European societies struggle...

..., the substitution of professional services is already happening due to staff shortages. Third, untrained caregivers might struggle to provide the needed care quality, resulting in worse health outcomes (and higher follow-up costs). Finally, there are concerns of social sustainability: because of role expectations...