The Conference will take place from 12-14 October 2011 in Baden near Vienna (Austria)

INTERLINKS / Final Conference

INTERLINKS is a a research project funded by the EU 7th Framework Programme to describe, analyse and improve long term care for older people in Europe. With health and social care systems in mind, its focus is on the INTERfaces and LINKS between prevention, rehabilitation, quality of services and informal care. | After 3 years of research we would like to invite you to our Final Conference: Improving long-term care for older people in Europe – together! The Conference will take place from 12-14 October 2011 in Baden near Vienna (Austria).

Please find the preliminary programme here: http://www.euro.centre.org/data/1306931163_4031.pdf | Participation in this conference (including all meals) will be free of charge, but unfortunately we'll not be able to reimburse accommodation and travel costs. | Please find the registration form and organisational details here: http://www.euro.centre.org/conferences/interlinks/registration.php

Registration will be open till 31 July 2011 (please mind that there is only a restricted number of places available)! | We would appreciate if you were to forward this message to other interested colleagues, even if you were not able to participate personally. | Thank you in advance for your support in disseminating INTERLINKS knowledge gathered on our website http://interlinks.euro.centre.org (under continuous improvement).

Documentation: Please visit the website http://interlinks.euro.centre.org to get involved and to get further information. | Further information and registration: http://www.euro.centre.org/conferences/interlinks/registration.php

INTERLINKS is funded by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme (Grant agreement no. 223037) and co-ordinated by the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research | Berggasse 17 | A-1090 Vienna (Austria)

Yours sincerely, Kai Leichsenring on behalf of the Project Consortium

Info: Dr. Kai Leichsenring
European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research
Berggasse 17 | A-1090 Vienna (Austria) | Tel +43 699 10198092
leichsenring@euro.centre.org | www.euro.centre.org

INTERLINKS
Health systems and long-term care for older people in Europe – Modelling the INTERfaces and LINKS between prevention, rehabilitation, quality of services and informal care |
Read more at: http://www.euro.centre.org/detail.php?xml_id=1386 |
Contact: Kai Leichsenring |
Aims > The rising demand for long-term care calls for policy approaches to long-term care allowing for holistic and inclusive views that integrate the role of different public programmes, sectors of society, and private initiatives. Moreover, there is growing evidence about discrimination of dependent older people with respect to their access to mainstream health care and to prevention and rehabilitation, that need to be addressed by health and long-term care reforms. The objective of this 3-year project is therefore to construct and validate a general model to describe and analyse long-term care (LTC) systems for older people from a European perspective. The particular aspects of the different emerging national models that currently address long-term care needs in Europe will be used to show how the links to health care services, the quality of LTC services, the incentives for prevention and rehabilitation, and the support for informal carers can be governed and financed to enhance structures, processes and outcomes of LTC systems. Specifically, this project will: Develop a concept and methodology to describe and analyse long-term care and its links with the health system. This methodology is to facilitate cross-national comparisons and to enable individual Member States to compare their developmental status and to identify future areas for national development. | Identify a set of practical tools that measure and support progress against evidence-based good practice, and can be used to guide the future in individual Member States. | Identify acknowledged and established good practice that may help to inform the policy and practice of other Member States, particularly with respect to assessing and monitoring quality of care, promoting prevention and rehabilitation and supporting informal carers as well as addressing respective governance and financing issues. | Project partners: Haute École Spécialisée de Suisse occidentale, Syddansk Universitet, Institut de recherche et documentation en économie de la santé, Sosiaali- Ja Terveysalan Tutkimus Ja Kehittaemiskeskus, Institut für Soziale Infrastruktur, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, CMT Prooptiki Consulting Management Training, Universitat De Valencia, Studio Come Srl., Stichting Vilans, Institut pre výskum práce a rodiny, Institut za varovanje zdravja, Stockholms läns landsting, University of Kent, University Of Birmingham | Head of project: Kai Leichsenring | Project team EC: Manfred Huber (till end of September 2009), Kai Leichsenring, Ricardo Rodrigues, Georg Ruppe, Flip Maas, Andrea Hovenier | Financed by: Commission of the European Communities, Seventh Framework Programme |
More and detailed information can be found in the descriptive note at http://www.euro.centre.org/detail.php?xml_id=1386