Options for Better Quality and More Accessible Long-term Care Services for the Elderly in Poland : Policy Note
This note is prepared as a continuation of the long-standing collaboration between the Government of Poland and the World Bank in the area of Long-Term Care (LTC). Some of the earlier outputs of this collaboration include the 2009 report Long-Term...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/497321593105756350/Options-for-Better-Quality-and-More-Accessible-Long-term-Care-Services-for-the-Elderly-in-Poland-Policy-Note http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34041 |
| Summary: | This note is prepared as a continuation
of the long-standing collaboration between the Government of
Poland and the World Bank in the area of Long-Term Care
(LTC). Some of the earlier outputs of this collaboration
include the 2009 report Long-Term Care and Ageing which
examined the fiscal challenges arising from a growing need
for LTC in the context of an aging society, and the 2015
report the Present and Future of Long-Term Care in Ageing
Poland, which outlined the key challenges and opportunities
for developing a delivery and financing system for LTC for
the elderly. More recently, the 2017 World Bank Technical
Assistance (TA) culminated in the international conference
Long Term Care Systems Design and Financing which focused
the attention of policymakers and the international
community on options for an integrated LTC system as well as
demonstrating the fiscal and economic implications of
adopting various LTC modalities. Importantly, the conference
showcased the capacity of the World Bank to convene a broad
range of stakeholders and to bring the latest know how to
support this agenda. The LTC agenda is receiving much
attention in Poland’s public debate. Rapid population
ageing, a result of increasing longevity and declining
fertility, generated significant demographic challenges and
it is now clear that these necessitate adjustments to the
current LTC system. Eurostat forecasts that the old-age
dependency ratio will increase from 14 to 28 percent of the
population by 2060. The older the population will become,
the more people will face difficulties with regards to their
activities of daily living and the higher will be the
incidence of dependency in the overall population. This, in
turn, spurs increases in the demand for various forms of
care, both medical and social. Some of this demand is met by
families through provision of familial care. However,
informal care provision negatively affects earning and
incomes of families and contributes to the overall labor
shortage in the country. Continuous reforms are therefore
needed, both in the health and social sectors, as well as in
the labor market to meet these emerging needs. |
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