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Marketisation policies in different contexts: Consequences for home‐care workers in Germany, Japan and Sweden

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  • Hildegard Theobald
  • Marta Szebehely
  • Yayoi Saito
  • Nobu Ishiguro

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Market‐oriented restructurings of long‐term care policies contribute significantly to the aggravation of care workers’ situations. This article focuses on the effects of broader long‐term care policy developments on market‐oriented reforms. Germany, Japan and Sweden are three countries that have introduced market‐oriented reforms into home‐based care provision embedded in distinct long‐term care policy developments. Conceptually, this article draws on comparative research on care to define the institutional dimensions of long‐term care policies. Empirically, the research is based on policy analyses, as well as on national statistics and a comparative research project on home‐care workers in the aforementioned countries. The findings reveal the mediating impact of the extension and decline of long‐term public care support and the corresponding development of the care infrastructure on both the restructuring of care work and the assessments of the care workers themselves.

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  • Hildegard Theobald & Marta Szebehely & Yayoi Saito & Nobu Ishiguro, 2018. "Marketisation policies in different contexts: Consequences for home‐care workers in Germany, Japan and Sweden," International Journal of Social Welfare, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 27(3), pages 215-225, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:injsow:v:27:y:2018:i:3:p:215-225
    DOI: 10.1111/ijsw.12298
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    1. Rie Miyazaki, 2023. "Long-Term Care and the State-Family Nexus in Italy and Japan—The Welfare State, Care Policy and Family Caregivers," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(3), pages 1-12, January.

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