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SUMMARY:Reablement - Social investment in long-term care  - Tine Rostgaard
 \, KORA\, Danish Institute for Local and Regional Government Research\, K
 øbmagergade\, Denmark
DTSTART:20170221T174500Z
DTEND:20170221T181500Z
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CONTACT:Ilana Spilka
DESCRIPTION:According to the European Commission’s recent policy initiat
 ive on social investment\, Danish long-term care for older people offers n
 ew and innovative perspectives on ageing and the management of the risks a
 ssociated therewith. Other EU member states are thus encouraged to “get 
 to Denmark” and to develop their long-term care in accordance with the D
 anish approach. With the introduction of reablement policies (rehabiliteri
 ng)\, Denmark has\, according to the European Commission\, identified a vi
 able way to address some of the problems associated with the presumed incr
 ease in need for long-term care in ageing societies. The change from a so-
 called passive to a more “active” approach emphasizes an overall strat
 egy of “repairing\,” by offering short-term intensive physical trainin
 g interventions instead of only compensatory care and assistance\, as this
  should ideally enable the individual to postpone and reduce the need for 
 care. This also ensures a more sustainable long-term care system in a time
  where otherwise the population of older people will grow\, invariably inc
 reasing the cost for long-term care.  This talk will discuss the perspecti
 ve of social investment and how the policy of reablement in long-term care
  falls within this\, before investigating whether the promises of reableme
 nt for creating a more sustainable long-term care system are realistic.
LOCATION:Online
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