Main description:

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.

Contents:

1. Introduction: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Care Home Sector in Western Europe - Eloisa 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 - Par Schoen 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 - Maria Bruquetas and Anita Boecker
7. Care Homes for Older People and the COVID-19 Epidemic in France - Claude Martin, Blanche Le Bihan and Arnaud Campeon
8. Care Homes for Older People and the COVID-19 Epidemic in Luxembourg - Robert Urbe
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 Luckenbach 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, Gibran Cruz-Martinez 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 - EloiSA Del Pino and Francisco Javier Moreno-Fuentes