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Long-term care, ageing and gender in the Greek crisis

Lyberaki, Antigone and Tinios, Platon (2018) Long-term care, ageing and gender in the Greek crisis. GreeSE Papers (GreeSE 128). Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

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Abstract

This paper examines Long Term Care (LTC) in Greece over the crisis. It does so through examining micro data from the 2007 and 2015 waves of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement and Europe (SHARE. The crisis was exceptionally deep and involved retrenchments in public welfare, superimposed on a familial LTC system. Hence, the ‘austerity narrative’, expects cutbacks to have led to deteriorating outcomes and to rising informal provision. The empirical investigation casts doubt on these expectations: First, LTC needs did not rise, despite a deterioration in health. Second, ‘care gaps’ – people declaring need who receive no care – shrank, despite austerity. Third, it was (paid) professional care, rather than informal care which rose, despite the familial LTC system. Fourth, care in the last year of life is a further drain on family finances. The paper concludes with thoughts on whether expecting the family to keep delivering is a sustainable LTC medium term policy in the face of ageing.

Item Type: Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Official URL: http://www.lse.ac.uk/Hellenic-Observatory
Additional Information: © 2018 The Authors
Divisions: Hellenic Observatory
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Date Deposited: 03 Oct 2018 10:28
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 23:45
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/90299

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