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Mapping population aging in Europe: how are similar needs in different countries met by different family structures?

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  • Antigone Lyberaki
  • Platon Tinios
  • Angelos Mimis
  • Thomas Georgiadis

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This paper focuses primarily on the demographic and social structures across Europe aiming to portray how similar needs for care of the elderly population (justified on health outcomes), are addressed in different ways across European countries. To approach this issue, we focus first on mapping the ‘needs for care’ – a rough measure of demand for care, and then on family structures – characterizing an institution linked with the provision or supply of care. Attention turns next to linking these aspects, focusing on the types of care provided as a response to the needs of the elderly, distinguishing between informal (defined as unpaid personal care provided by family members) and formal care (defined as paid help provided by professionals and private providers). Mapping these trends, via choropleth maps, the emerging picture suggests that the same needs for elderly care are met via different channels across European countries: Southern countries appear to rely more on informal channels of care provision, while private providers (i.e. paid care) represent the dominant pattern in the North, as well as in most of the Continental counties. This difference is mirrored by a greater involvement of formal structures linked to the Welfare State as one goes further North; indeed the two – family ties and Welfare State involvement – proceed in parallel.

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  • Antigone Lyberaki & Platon Tinios & Angelos Mimis & Thomas Georgiadis, 2013. "Mapping population aging in Europe: how are similar needs in different countries met by different family structures?," Journal of Maps, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 9(1), pages 4-9, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:tjomxx:v:9:y:2013:i:1:p:4-9
    DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2012.752334
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    1. Lyberaki, Antigone & Tinios, Platon, 2018. "Long-term care, ageing and gender in the Greek crisis," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 90299, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    2. Persefoni Zeri & Charalambos Tsekeris & Theodore Tsekeris, 2018. "Investigating the Macedonia Naming Dispute in the Twitter Era: Implications for the Greek Identity Crisis," GreeSE – Hellenic Observatory Papers on Greece and Southeast Europe 127, Hellenic Observatory, LSE.

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