Emergence and Significance of Transnational Elderly Care Arrangements

随着欧洲80岁及以上老年人数量的迅速增加，几乎所有欧盟国家都需要为老年人提供长期护理（LTC）的新解决方案。该研究将调查跨国护理安排的出现及其作为政策制定者和老年人及其家庭在两个具有不同长期护理制度的国家（德国和荷兰）所经历的问题的解决方案的潜力。比较跨国安排是如何出现的以及在多大程度上出现的，以及哪些行为者和因素推动了它们的发展，将为了解国家长期贸易合作制度的影响和最近的政策发展提供重要的新见解。一个核心假设是，不同的长期贸易合同制度为跨国安排提供了不同的激励和机会。这项研究是创新的，其重点是如何护理包积极构建的个人和家庭，以及这些微观层面的包是如何与（变化）国家政策和宏观层面的护理组合。研究将采用混合方法，分两个阶段进行：（1）进行广泛的摸底调查，以探讨德国和荷兰的移徙者24/7留宿照料安排的普遍性和特点，并确定所涉行为者以及规范或影响这些安排的使用的法律和政策。对老年人及其家庭如何利用这些安排进行深入的个案研究。

With the number of Europeans aged 80 and over rapidly increasing, new solutions are needed for the provision of long-term care (LTC) for the elderly in almost all EU countries. The research will investigate the emergence of transnational care arrangements and their potential as solutions to problems experienced by policymakers and older people and their families in two countries with different LTC regimes: Germany and the Netherlands. Comparing how and to what extent transnational arrangements have emerged, and what actors and factors have driven their development, will provide important new insights into the effects of national LTC regimes and recent policy developments. A central hypothesis is that different LTC regimes provide different incentives and opportunities for transnational arrangements. The research is innovative in its focus on how care packages are actively constructed by individuals and families and how these micro-level packages are related to (changes in) national policies and macro-level care mixes. The research will use a mixed-method approach and it will proceed in two phases: 1) a broad mapping study to explore the prevalence and characteristics of migrant live-in 24/7 care arrangements in Germany and the Netherlands and to identify the actors involved as well as the laws and policies that regulate or affect the use of these arrangements.2) in-depth case studies of how these arrangements are used by older people and their families.