The Role of Housing Policy in Long-Term Care in Poland. Issue 4 (4th July 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rataj, Zuzanna; Iwański, Rafał
• Is Part Of: Housing policy debate. Volume 32:Issue 4/5(2022)
• Page Start: 789
• Page End: 801
• Publication Date: 2022-07-04
• Subjects: housing policy -- long-term care -- aging in place -- older adults; Housing policy -- United States -- Periodicals; Housing -- United States -- Finance -- Periodicals; Housing policy; Public housing -- Finance; United States; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 363.58097305
• DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2020.1825011
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1051-1482

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Population aging poses challenges to societies with regard to the provision of care for dependent seniors. One of the spheres broadly discussed in terms of long-term care is housing policy. The focus of this article is the analysis of housing policy in Poland, with respect to demographical changes, and the ever increasing burden aging causes (i.e., problems with seniors' ability to perform self-care and age in place). The analysis was based on the existing data and the sizable transdisciplinary body of international comparative housing policy literature. The effectiveness of housing policy in the context of care services depends on its integration with the social assistance and health care system and the size of the housing stock, along with the family's caring potential.