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Long-Term Care: An Actuarial Perspective on Societal and Personal Challenges

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As populations age over the next several decades, the demand for long-term care (LTC) services (assisting individuals with their activities of daily life) will increase dramatically and is likely to reach crisis levels in many countries. Societies will have to confront this emerging need because historical methods for providing and financing LTC may not be adequate to address future LTC needs.

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Health insurance
Actuarial
Long-term care
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GRANDEURS ET MISÈRES DE L'ALLOCATION PERSONNALISÉE D'AUTONOMIE EN FRANCE

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Le vieillissement de la population et la pandémie de maladies chroniques
qui l’accompagne obligent à prioriser le financement des soins à long terme
qui deviendront de plus en plus importants. De nombreux pays ayant fait
face à cette situation ont mis sur pied un financement public distinct via une
assurance universelle couvrant les soins à domicile et en institution comme
c’est le cas en France avec l’Allocation personnalisée d’autonomie (APA).
À la lumière des comparaisons internationales, nous identifions certaines

Regions / Country
Europe
france
Topics
Health promotion
Medical care
Health insurance
Disability
Long-term care
Population ageing
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Du rapport Laroque à la loi relative à l’adaptation de la société au vieillissement : cinquante-cinq ans de politique vieillesse en France

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La misE En oeuvrE des politiques sociales destinées explicitement à « traiter » la problématique du vieillissement remonte, en Europe, à la fin du xixe siècle et au début du xxe siècle. directement liée à la naissance et à l’affirmation des états-nations, elle répondait à deux grandes préoccupations:

Regions / Country
Europe
france
Global challenges
Topics
Health promotion
Medical care
Health insurance
Demographic change
Long-term care
Population ageing
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{Report} Why Nordic nations are the best places to have children

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World Economic Forum t15.03.2019) Other nations often look to Scandinavia for inspiration on family policies. The region’s childcare arrangements are among the most generous in the world, supporting parents from the early days of pregnancy to school and beyond.

Regions / Country
denmark
finland
norway
sweden
Topics
Family benefits
Children

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Social protection: More than half the global population lacks health care and social security, ILO report finds

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ILO (11.03.2019) There has been widespread progress in the development of national social security systems, according to a new ILO report, which also identifies gaps that need to be promptly addressed.

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Difficult-to-cover groups
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Allemagne: Les lois Hartz ont réduit les salaires… et l’emploi

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Alternatives Economiques (12.03.2019) Souvent citées en exemple, les réformes du marché du travail allemand présentent pourtant un bilan très négatif pour les salariés, selon une récente étude.

Regions / Country
germany
Topics
Employment
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[Report] OECD: Seize the opportunities of digital technology to improve well-being but also address the risks

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OECD (28.02.2019) Digital technology can improve our lives but it also poses a major risk of widening social inequality and blocking opportunities for people without the skills to navigate the online world safely, according to a new OECD report.

Global challenges
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Societal Impact
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
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Social Protection: Hot Topic but Contested Agenda

Submitted by pmassetti on

Social protection has surfaced to the top of multiple agendas, from human rights to the promotion of economic growth, from decent work to economic, social and gender equality. Its champions, particularly at the global level, include a host of different players, with different priorities, institutions and policy streams, all competing to define the concept and own the discourse.

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Social policies & programmes
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