Country Differences in Long-Term Care Institutions: Towards a Care Regime Typology

• DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/xcjaq
• Publication Date: 2023-10-01T05:00:36Z
• Authors: Maike van Damme; Jeroen Spijker
• Keywords: Institution

Objective: This study generates a classification of 26 European OECD countries with respect to care regimes, based on indicators measured around 2009 and 2017. Building upon the literature, two important dimensions arrangements are empirically tested: de-familialization familialism. Method: Latent profile analyses show how these indicate different types regimes. The grouping is institutional for young old. Results: results six regime types: ‘defamilialized-universal caregiver’; ‘defamilialized-women ‘defamilialized-young/family care-old’; ‘family care-young/supported familialism-old’; ‘supported familialism’; ‘familialism-by-default’. Conclusion Implications: contributes developing theoretical framework institutions. In addition, insight gained into general contextual institution effects citizens lives in Europe.