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Background
The Personal Autonomy and Dependent Care Law came to effect in Spain on January 1st 2007. Originally, the intention behind this Dependency Law was to configure the right of assistance to dependent people as a legal right, legally obligating public authorities to offer and provide any care dependent citizens require.
Nevertheless, Spain’s economic situation is far from that in 2007. A harsh recession has forced Spanish authorities to impose a series of severe budget cutbacks. The recent 2012 Dependency Law reform introduced short-term cost-containment measures such as copayments, delays on recognizing and giving benefits to new dependents and reducing the number of dependency severity degrees from 6 to 3.
The combination of Spain's economic slow-down and the demographic trend (an increasing number of retired citizens and a relative decrease on the amount of contributors) raise major concerns about the sustainability of the Long-Term Care System, highlighting the need for a major systemic reform.
The Personal Autonomy and Dependent Care Law came to effect in Spain on January 1st 2007. Originally, the intention behind this Dependency Law was to configure the right of assistance to dependent people as a legal right, legally obligating public authorities to offer and provide any care dependent citizens require.
Nevertheless, Spain’s economic situation is far from that in 2007. A harsh recession has forced Spanish authorities to impose a series of severe budget cutbacks. The recent 2012 Dependency Law reform introduced short-term cost-containment measures such as copayments, delays on recognizing and giving benefits to new dependents and reducing the number of dependency severity degrees from 6 to 3.
The combination of Spain's economic slow-down and the demographic trend (an increasing number of retired citizens and a relative decrease on the amount of contributors) raise major concerns about the sustainability of the Long-Term Care System, highlighting the need for a major systemic reform.
Presentations
of the Workshop on Evaluation of Public
Policies for sustainable Long Term Care in
Spain, 2015
- La financiación de la Dependencia en el contexto de los desequilibrios intergeneracionales del bienestar social, Guillem López-Casasnovas (UPF)
- Analizando variaciones geográficas en el gasto público en cuidados de larga duración: el caso del Reino Unido, José Luis Fernández (LSE)
- El actual copago de dependencia en España: ¿carácter recaudador y eficiente o factor de empobrecimiento para las familias?, Raúl del Pozo (UCLM)
- Reflexiones para el diseño de un modelo de cuidados en el ámbito de la dependencia, Mary Martínez (La Saleta, Valencia)
- Meeting needs and long-term care provision among the Spanish elderly, does region matter?, Mª Dolores Puga (CSIC)
- Impacto económico de la adaptación funcional del hogar en la ayuda a domicilio y prevención de caídas , Mercedes Ayuso (UB)
- Tecnologías para la Atención Domiciliaria de los mayores. La prevencióncomobeneficio, Rakel Poveda (IBV, UPV y UV)
- Employment effects of conditional income taxation for disabled workers, Judith Vall (UPF)
- Estratificación y detección de reingreso hospitalario en pacientes mayores crónicos, Francisco Ródenas (Polibienestar, UV)
Presentations
of the Workshop on Evaluation of Public
Policies for sustainable Long Term Care in
Spain, 2014
- Redistribution in Universal Welfare Systems. Time for Better Targetting?, Guillem López-Casasnovas (UPF)
- National eligibility criteria in the new care and support system in England, José Luis Fernández (ILPN)
- Dementia and Long Term Care in UK, Adelina Comas-Herrera
- Una estimación del valor del cuidado informal provisto a personas dependientes en España, Juan Oliva (UCLM)
- El desarrollo de la atención a la dependencia en Comunidades Autónomas (marco normativo, financiación y cobertura), Simón Sosvilla (UCM)
- Efectividad del programa de retiro de sujeciones físicas a mayores con demencia en las residencias de La Saleta (Valencia) , María Ángeles Tortosa (UV)
- Educational differentials in activity limitations across the European Union, Aïda Solé-Auró (Unit at Ined, París)
- Woodwork effects in LTC, Sergi Jiménez (UPF)
- ¿Cómo afronta el sector privado el problema de la longevidad?, Xavier Valle (CEO Global Life, Zurich España)
- Pensiones y dependencia para las personas mayores de 65 años: un análisis conjunto, Mercedes Ayuso (UB)
- Long Term care in Spain. Score-based allowances: an alternative policy, Catia Nicodemo (CRES-UPF)
- Against the discontinuity trap. The case of Long -Term Care in Spain, Helena M Hernandez-Pizarro (CRES-UPF)
- A longitudinal and survival model with health care usage for insured elderly., Xavier Piulachs (Riskcenter-UB)
Presentations
of the Workshop on Evaluation of Public
Policies for sustainable Long Term Care in
Spain, 2013
- Evaluation of public policies for Sustainable Long-Term Care, Guillem López-Casasnovas (UPF)
- The personalization of service provision: A UK experience, José Luis Fernández (ILPN)
- Financiación pública y privada; de los costes de dependencia: sostenibilidad y equidad, Adelina Comas-Herrera
- Análisis de las tasas de participación de la Ley de Dependencia en España, Antonio Rivero (UAB)
- Revisión de los sistemas de financiación de las residencias de personas mayores en la CV, Angeles Tortosa (UV)
- ¿Es el copago una vía de financiación de la dependencia equitativa?, Julia Montserrat (URL)
- Necesidades no cubiertas, cuidados formales y horas de cuidados informales, Sergi Jiménez (UPF)
- Inequidad en la provisión de cuidados de larga duración en España, Dolores Jiménez Rubio (UGR)
- Una nueva evidencia de la atención social formal en España, Catia Nicodemo (CRES-UPF)
- Coste-beneficio de la adaptación funcional para hogares de mayores, Ramon Alemany (Riskcenter-UB)