Cuidados continuados e cuidadores informais na Europa

Tavares, Aida Isabel (2021): Cuidados continuados e cuidadores informais na Europa.

Abstract

Este texto visa fazer uma comparação dos sistemas de cuidados continuados entre os países da União Europeia e descrever o perfil dos cuidadores informais. Desta forma, seguimos um percurso de análise que se inicia com uma perspetiva agregada dos sistemas de cuidados continuados e que procede com uma perspetiva assente na observação do individuo. Pretende-se, assim, fornecer o enquadramento providencial ou de bem-estar social onde os cuidadores informais estão inseridos nos países da EU.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: Long term care and informal carers in Europe
• Language: Portuguese
• Keywords: cuidados continuados, cuidadores informais, Europa
• Subjects: A - General Economics and Teaching > A1 - General Economics; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I10 - General; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty > I30 - General

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