Long-Term Care in Central and South-Eastern Europe: Challenges and Perspectives in Addressing a 'New' Social Risk

Reforming Long-Term Care in Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 103-122

  Österle, August ^a  

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Author keywords

'family care model'; 'New' social risk; Ageing societies; Central and South Eastern Europe (CSEE); Current care regimes in CSEE; European fragmented early stage systems; LTC, CSEE region; Post communist welfare state model; Welfare state provisions; Welfare systems, CSEE

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886857732     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444395556.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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