Contribución al Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Geriatría y Gerontología (SEGG), Madrid, 23 de Junio 2022 En esta presentación hice un repaso de la situación de los "sistemas" de cuidados antes y después de la pandemia, partiendo del marco teórico de la Producción de Bienestar, y reflexionando sobre el papel crucial del sector público … Continue reading Sistemas de cuidados, bienestar y salud: una mirada internacional y agenda de reformas
Category: Long-term care
Responding to the challenge of dementia by funding long-term care: BBC World Service podcast
The impacts and large costs of dementia are a major challenge and one that is growing fast, all over the world. There are many things that can be done to address this challenge. It is very good that there is increasing awareness of this challenge at political level all over the world, as shown by … Continue reading Responding to the challenge of dementia by funding long-term care: BBC World Service podcast
Any hope for Cinderella? Long-term care financing in England
Long-term care social insurance is not a perfect mechanism, yet it may be the most robust way to meet the needs of increasing numbers of older people, as it brings additional funds. Our long-term care Cinderella is growing and needs her own source of income, or she will be condemned to perpetual emaciation as she cannot win the fight for food against her more powerful step-sisters.
El finançament de serveis d’atenció de llarga durada: Participació al Fòrum Rosa Virós 2016 “per què som tan desiguals? Aprenent dels millors models predistributius”
Estic molt agraïda d'haver pogut participar al "Fòrum Rosa Virós 2016: per què som tan desiguals? Aprenent dels millors models predistributius", organitzat per la CUIMPB - Centre Ernest Lluch a Barcelona el 22 i 23 de Novembre del 2016, i especialment, va ser un plaer compartir la taula amb Ester Sarquella, de qui sempre aprenc molt. … Continue reading El finançament de serveis d’atenció de llarga durada: Participació al Fòrum Rosa Virós 2016 “per què som tan desiguals? Aprenent dels millors models predistributius”
Matching dementia policy aspirations with funding realities: a role for social insurance?
The more we learn about all the things that we can do to help people affected by dementia to live well, the more pressing it becomes to find a way to bring more funding into the dementia care system. This additional funding is needed not just to keep up an increase numbers of people affected … Continue reading Matching dementia policy aspirations with funding realities: a role for social insurance?
Alzheimer’s Health Clubs vs. Day Care: re-thinking dementia care
It's the first time one of my work trips makes the news, but here it is, I have the honour of being the UK academic mentioned in this news report about the opening of Memory and Company, an "Alzheimer's Health Club" in Toronto. I came across it by chance on Twitter (thank you @DiverseAlz), while … Continue reading Alzheimer’s Health Clubs vs. Day Care: re-thinking dementia care
On the 40th birthday of my research centre, PSSRU, reflecting on what we do, its impact, and what we still need to achieve
On how unpaid carers “pay” the costs of dementia
I'd like to share this work blog post on how unpaid carers pay so much of the costs of dementia: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/healthandsocialcare/2014/09/12/how-unpaid-carers-pay-the-costs-of-dementia/
Longevity: opportunities, honesty and planning
As an economist working on estimating how much it will cost to look after older people with care needs and dementia in the near future, I often have the role of reminding people that longevity, which is a wonderful human achievement, does come at a cost, and it is a cost that we are not … Continue reading Longevity: opportunities, honesty and planning
Adelina Comas-Herrera 