Deadline 31.07.2022
This Special Issue seeks after theoretical and empirical papers that deal with long-term care challenges at local, national and international level, and at possible strategies for addressing them. Submissions may investigate policy issues in regards with the role played by public and private (including profit and non-profit) stakeholders in this field, and also analyse how dynamics and interactions may be changing to take into account the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Papers may also consider how worldwide phenomena like rising life expectancy and population aging might challenge societal arrangements and healthcare systems throughout the developed world. Longevity is one of the greatest achievements attained in the recent past due to scientific, social and technological progress, and papers focusing on the analysis of longevity patterns and its relation with health, social and long-term care aspects are welcome. We encourage particularly authors to submit comparative papers and articles from low and middle-income countries.
- Among the topics that this Special Issue is willing to host are especially (albeit not exclusively) the following:
- Longevity and long-term care needs
- Informal care
- Formal care
- Migrant care work
- Forgone interventions
- Labour challenges in the health, social and/or long-term care market
- Health, social and/or long-term care inequalities among older adults and their families
- Public vs. private (profit or non-profit) care service provision
- Policy interventions and financing of health, social and/or long-term care services
- Costs of health, social and long-term care services
- Financial burden of care
- Medical costs (e.g. for medication, treatments) and other economic components of care provision
- Occupational hazards of care professions and the impacts of the pandemic in workers well-being
- Prevention of infection spread in nursing homes
- The role of technology in LTC and in the development of assisted environments
- Quality of care
- The impact of stereotypes and ageism in the management of COVID-19 in LTC facilities
Mehr Informationen unter https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph/special_issues/Long_Term_Care_Needs_Ageing_Societies