Long-term care for the elderly in Poland
Long-term care for the elderly in Poland

Author(s): Paweł Łuczak
Subject(s): Politics, Economy, Sociology, Labor relations, Government/Political systems, Welfare systems, Health and medicine and law, Family and social welfare, Welfare services
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Poznaniu
Keywords: long-term care in Poland;care for elderly in Poland;
Summary/Abstract: The paper is organized as follows. The first section starts by setting out the outline of the context of long-term care (LTC) utilization in Poland, i.e. the predominance of informal care. The next part of the paper draws on collected data, presents policies concerning LTC in Poland. Data on social policies on LTC in Poland were compiled from figures given by national bodies, predominantly the Central Statistical Office and the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy. Due to limited space, only the main aspects of these social policies are considered. For example, the paper does analyze those policies directed at supporting family carers, which are in fact, very modest. The next section focuses on the various policy options that Polish authorities may wish to pursue in their attempts to ameliorate the problems associated with publicly financed LTC services. The final section concludes.

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