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Record Nr.

UNINA9910141046803321

Autore

Da Roit Barbara

Titolo

Strategies of care [[electronic resource] ] : changing elderly care in Italy and the Netherlands / / Barbara Da Roit

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, 2010

ISBN

1-282-98529-9

9786612985294

90-485-1227-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Collana

Care & welfare

Disciplina

362.60945

Soggetti

Geriatrics - Italy

Geriatrics - Netherlands

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Changing care systems : an introduction -- 2. The context and policy trajectories -- 3. The challenge of dependence -- 4. Changing care packages -- 5. Care packages in practice -- 6. The creation of care packages and the transformations of care systems -- 7. Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

This analytic study surveys the transformations of elderly care policies and practices since the early 1990's, by comparing the trajectories of two extremely different care systems: Italy and the Netherlands.