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This open access book turns the research attention of social policy scholars and long-term care researchers from comparative descriptions of care systems, focusing mostly on expenditures and volumes of long-term care services, to outcomes, and in particular to the question whether older people really receive the support that they need. Without knowledge about which needs and which social groups are currently inadequately covered, it is impossible to guide policy development. The book puts forward a novel theoretical framework to guide future research work and public discussion on the issue of unmet long-term care needs, by broadening the current discussion so that inadequate care is seen in its societal and policy contexts, taking structural issues and policy designs into account. Kröger outlines three different domains of care poverty (personal care poverty, practical care poverty and socio-emotional care poverty) and differentiates between main methods how unmet needs are measured. This book summarises the existing knowledge on the prevalence, factors and consequences of unmet care needs and interprets these comparatively in the light of social inequalities and care policy models of different welfare states. It will be invaluable to students and scholars of social policy, social work, social gerontology, sociology and political science, and to all disciplines across the field of social sciences that study welfare state policies and care for older people.

Unmet needs --- long-term care needs --- policy design --- SDG 10 --- care resources

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« C'est pour ton bien ! » cette petite phrase si souvent entendue dans mon enfance m'a toujours révoltée. Professionnelle dans le monde du grand âge, je réalise qu'elle pourrait bien revenir me chahuter. Dans ce récit, je revisite mon histoire de vie et la superpose avec ce qui m'a le plus marquée dans ce monde particulier et étrange des établissements d'hébergement pour personnes âgées dépendantes. Le début comme la fin de notre vie semble nous échapper, parents, proches ou professionnels en prennent les commandes persuadés de savoir ce qui est bon pour nous. Toutes les personnes âgées que j'ai côtoyées ne semblent pas en souffrir. Quel est le secret qui me permettra d'accepter la dépendance à l'autre si je deviens vieille ?

Long-term care facilities --- Frail older people --- Skilled Nursing Facilities --- Frail Elderly

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This open access book turns the research attention of social policy scholars and long-term care researchers from comparative descriptions of care systems, focusing mostly on expenditures and volumes of long-term care services, to outcomes, and in particular to the question whether older people really receive the support that they need. Without knowledge about which needs and which social groups are currently inadequately covered, it is impossible to guide policy development. The book puts forward a novel theoretical framework to guide future research work and public discussion on the issue of unmet long-term care needs, by broadening the current discussion so that inadequate care is seen in its societal and policy contexts, taking structural issues and policy designs into account. Kröger outlines three different domains of care poverty (personal care poverty, practical care poverty and socio-emotional care poverty) and differentiates between main methods how unmet needs are measured. This book summarises the existing knowledge on the prevalence, factors and consequences of unmet care needs and interprets these comparatively in the light of social inequalities and care policy models of different welfare states. It will be invaluable to students and scholars of social policy, social work, social gerontology, sociology and political science, and to all disciplines across the field of social sciences that study welfare state policies and care for older people.

Central government policies --- Social work --- Social welfare & social services --- Geriatric medicine --- Unmet needs --- long-term care needs --- policy design --- SDG 10 --- care resources

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Recent advances in artificial intelligence have the potential to further develop current big data research. The Special Issue on ‘Intelligent Computing for Big Data’ highlighted a number of recent studies related to the use of intelligent computing techniques in the processing of big data for text mining, autism diagnosis, behaviour recognition, and blockchain-based storage.

Information technology industries --- Computer science --- multimodal data --- behavior recognition --- dog detection --- fusion model --- deep learning --- older people --- long-term care --- artificial intelligence --- blockchain technology --- decentralized architecture --- autism spectrum disorder (ASD) --- big data --- bioinformatics --- machine learning --- classification --- bio-inspired algorithms --- Grey Wolf Optimization (GWO) --- Support Vector Machine (SVM) --- convolution neural network --- spatio-temporal document --- document classification --- big text data --- proxy re-encryption --- blockchain --- storage --- proof-of-replication --- n/a

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Quality of care in long-term care is a worldwide issue given the growing numbers of dependent older people. This book presents international research, 22 varied papers, exploring quality of care from several different angles. Important themes include: (1) workforce issues, such as staff training and support; job competencies, satisfaction, and intention to stay in work; staff burnout; effects of personal- and work-related factors on quality of care; (2) intervention studies: for depressive symptoms in nursing home residents; adjustment for new residents; social and psychological support; and loneliness and isolation; (3) methodology, including: developing and testing quality indicators; measuring residents' experience of quality; and assessing partnership between staff and families; and (4) older people's experiences, such as dry eyes and using ocular lubricants; associations between length of stay and end of life care; palliative care service use and comfort at end of of life; and causes of infection-related hospitalization. The book concludes with a systematic review of the current evidence base of care home research in Brazil.

depression --- nursing home --- psychosocial intervention --- applicability --- implementation --- life review therapy --- intervention mapping --- process evaluation --- maintenance --- long-term care --- organisational --- context older people --- care homes --- instrument development --- partnership practice --- family caregivers --- nursing homes --- older adults --- dementia --- adjustment --- residential care --- psychological wellbeing --- staff training --- quality of life --- long-term care facility --- care home --- length of stay --- palliative care --- end of life care --- epidemiology --- infection --- residential aged care --- hospitalization --- root cause analysis --- antimicrobial stewardship --- medication review --- Australia --- narrative --- quality assessment --- validity --- interviews --- relationship-centered care --- quality of care --- triad --- resident perspective --- feasibility --- dry eye syndromes --- drug side effects --- aged --- frailty --- long term care --- advanced dementia --- namaste care --- change --- Quality Improvement Collaborative --- Quality Improvement --- Implementation Science --- residential facilities --- older people --- Alzheimer’s --- social robots --- companion robots --- MARIO --- qualitative research --- benchmarking --- quality indicators --- health care --- quality of health care --- care competence --- nursing assistants --- disabled elderly --- affect --- depressive symptoms --- activity participation --- aged 80 and over --- burnout --- job value --- job maintenance --- social support --- care worker --- elder abuse --- good treatment --- humanization --- institutions --- mistreatment --- staff --- person-centered treatment --- quality measurement --- scoping review --- quality improvement --- implementation science --- job competency --- intention to stay --- intrinsic job satisfaction --- extrinsic job satisfaction --- n/a --- Alzheimer's