Private Assistants in the Italian Care System: Facts and Policies
In the last ten to fifteen years, Italian families taking care of dependent individuals at home have received massive help from personal assistants, mostly immigrant women. The article illustrates the welfare context in which this private market emerged and discusses to what extent and how it has be...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Sprache: | Anglais |
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Observatoire de la société britannique
2013
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| Online Zugang: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Zusammenfassung: | In the last ten to fifteen years, Italian families taking care of dependent individuals at home have received massive help from personal assistants, mostly immigrant women. The article illustrates the welfare context in which this private market emerged and discusses to what extent and how it has been addressed by national and local regulation. It also shows the many dilemmas that co-opting personal assistants poses to public policies and to the Italian society as a whole as well as the many dilemmas that still have to be faced. Some considerations about the impacts of these aspect on those involved in filling the gaps of the poor Italian long term care policies will be presented. |
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