Based on a comparative study covering 15 Western European countries, this edited volume examines the responses of long-term cares homes for older people to the COVID-19 pandemic.
It analyses the preparedness of governments and residences and the structural weaknesses revealed and exacerbated by the crisis, such as staff shortages, the precariousness of employment in the sector and the deficient coordination between the health and the caring sectors.
By examining the governance structures of the care home sector and their performance before and during the crisis, the book highlights the institutional, organisational and management challenges facing care homes, both in continuing to provide services to an increasingly ageing population and in the event of future public health crises.
1. Introduction: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Care Home Sector in Western Europe - Eloísa Del Pino and Francisco Javier Moreno-Fuentes Part 1: Residential Care for Older People in the Nordic Countries 2. Care Homes for Older People and the COVID-19 Epidemic in Finland - Laura Kalliomaa-Puha 3. Care Homes for Older People and the COVID-19 Epidemic in Denmark - Tine Rostgaard 4. Care Homes for Older People and the COVID-19 Epidemic in Sweden - Pär Schön and Lennarth Johansson Part 2: Residential Care for Older People in Corporatist Countries 5. Care Homes for Older People and the COVID-19 Epidemic in Belgium - Jozef Pacolet 6. Care Homes for Older People and the COVID-19 Epidemic in the Netherlands - María Bruquetas and Anita Böcker 7. Care Homes for Older People and the COVID-19 Epidemic in France - Claude Martin, Blanche Le Bihan and Arnaud Campéon 8. Care Homes for Older People and the COVID-19 Epidemic in Luxembourg - Robert Urbé 9. Care Homes for Older People and the COVID-19 Epidemic in Austria - Monika Riedel 10. Care Homes for Older People and the COVID-19 Epidemic in Germany - Thomas Gerlinger, Caspar Lückenbach and Phillip Florian Schmidt Part 3: Residential Care Sector for Older People in the Anglo-Saxon Countries 11. Care Homes for Older People and the COVID-19 Epidemic in England - Caroline Glendinning 12. Care Homes for Older People and the COVID-19 Epidemic in Ireland - Sara Burke Part 4: Residential Care Sector for Older People in Sothern European Countries 13. Care Homes for Older People and the COVID-19 Epidemic in Italy - Costanzo Ranci and Marco Arlotti 14. Care Homes for Older People and the COVID-19 Epidemic in Spain - Luis Moreno, Gibrán Cruz-Martínez and Roberta Perna 15. Care Home for Older People and the COVID-19 Epidemic in Greece - Kostis Prouskas 16. Care Homes for Older People and the COVID-19 Epidemic in Portugal - Luis Capucha 17. Comparative Assessment of the Impact of the Pandemic, and the Convergent Future of the Care Home Sector in Europe - EloíSA Del Pino and Francisco Javier Moreno-Fuentes
Elosa del Pino is Senior Researcher at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). F. Javier Moreno-Fuentes is Senior Researcher at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).
