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Europe_________________________
GermanyDulcinea Wetherell
+Interest
Traveled to Europe in Summer 2014
Learning from the Holocaust
Revisited Germany-Berlin and Munich
+EuropeHistory of Home Care
Relied on informal care (primarily family) and voluntary or church provision
Late 19th Century-growing state involvement in health and social welfare
Large scale institutions became dominant
Criticism of these institutions started in the 1950’s
Home care provided as an alternative to deinstitutionalize
Acknowledge importance of providing a spectrum of care for vulnerable groups, yet varies in each country
+EuropeInformal Care
Informal Care
Southern Europe-informal care remains the dominant source of homecare
Northern Europe-informal care is less common, focuses on providing companionship and support
Many countries have an organizational model in which the health component of home care is part of the health care system and the social component is part of the social system
In other countries, policy makers provide home care within a single organization under the responsibility of one institution: the municipalities
+EuropeInformal Care (continued)
Little is known about the private market of care across some European states
Contribution and Opportunity costs of Informal Care: Scandinavian Countries- exchanges of care and transfers
within families are a matter of choice, not prescription, due to services directed towards individual
Meditteranean Countries-family obligations placed more on extended family
Western Europe-family obligations directed primarily around the immediate family
+EuropeA Growing Need for Home Care
Demographic Shifts
Social Changes
Changes in Epidemiology
Science and Technical Innovation
Changes in Attitudes and Expectations
Policy Priorities and Choices
+View from St. Peter’s ChurchMunich
+Disability Law in Germany
Disabled People Section 2 para. 1 SGB IX defines disabled people as persons
whose physical functions, mental capabilities or psychological health are highly likely to deviate, for more than six months, from the condition which is typical for the respective age and who participation in social life is therefore impaired
Degree of Disability Scale of 20-100 (Versorgungsamt) Severely Disabled vs. Disabled
+GermanyOverview of Home Care Sector
1994-Home and Institutional Care Act
1995-Social Long Term Care Insurance
Guidelines only relate to physical condition, not mental (i.e. learning disabilities or dementia)
Examine the care of needs based on: Body care Nutrition Mobility Household Help
+Overview of Home Care Sector
+Bavarian AlpsGarmisch
+Providers of Home Care
Federal States work with Medical Review Board of the Statutory Health Insurance Funds to assign level of care to the person
LTC providers are supported either locally, by the federal states, or by non-profit organizations (LTC trainings)
Supply contract (Versorgungsvertrag) between institutions and insurance funds to ensure type, content, and extent of care the care institution provides
Types of Services: Assisted living residences Care cooperatives Nursing Services and ambulatory medical services Volunteering and non-profit self-support organizations
+Financing and Benefit Recipients
LTC Insurance financed by contributions based on gross income
Shared equally by employers and employees based on a pay-as-you-go system
69.48 Million people are insured under the Social LTC scheme
One in five people (19.2% or 307,900 people) with disabilities between 15-64 years of age
+Number of Beneficiaries
About 9.5 Million People have private LTC insuranceAbout 2.3 Million People benefit from provided care services
+Holocaust MemorialBerlin
+PESTILE Analysis
Political and Legal Factors
Economic Factors
Social Factors
Technological and Environment Factors
+Why is there so much interest in Long Term Care?
Low birth rates
Restrictive Immigration Quotas
Increased Life Expectancy
Less interest in institutionalized care
More than two-thirds of the LTC benefit recipients (69.1%) reside at home
Survey: 90% of respondents felt that social and health care systems should help people to remain in their homes for as long as possible
+East Side GalleryBerlin Wall
My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love (Lenoid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker)
Captured in 1979 during the 30th Anniversary of the German Democratic Republic
+Sources
The German Social Long Term Care Insurance: Structure and Reform Options, IZA (Institute for the Study of Labor), Discussion Paper Series, 2007
More and Better Jobs in Home-Care Services: Germany, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, 2013
The Solid Facts: Home Care in Europe, World Health Organization, 2008
Disability Law in Germany: An Overview of Employment, Education, and Access Rights, German Law Journal, Vol. 5, No. 11
Majority of Pictures taken by Dulcinea Wetherell