March 29, 2010

The Dutch system of long-term care

This document describes the Dutch system of long-term care (LTC) for the elderly. An overview of LTC policy is also given.

This document is part of the first stage of the European project ANCIEN (Assessing Needs of Care in European Nations), commissioned by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).

Since the first stage of the project aims to facilitate structured comparisons of the organisation of LTC for the elderly in different countries, comparable reports have been written for most other European countries (including new member states). Future analyses in subsequent work packages within the project will build on these country reports.