Marketisation policies in different contexts: Consequences for home‐care workers in Germany, Japan and Sweden

Hildegard Theobald, Marta Szebehely, Yayoi Saito and Nobu Ishiguro

International Journal of Social Welfare, 2018, vol. 27, issue 3, 215-225

Abstract: Market‐oriented restructurings of long‐term care policies contribute significantly to the aggravation of care workers’ situations. This article focuses on the effects of broader long‐term care policy developments on market‐oriented reforms. Germany, Japan and Sweden are three countries that have introduced market‐oriented reforms into home‐based care provision embedded in distinct long‐term care policy developments. Conceptually, this article draws on comparative research on care to define the institutional dimensions of long‐term care policies. Empirically, the research is based on policy analyses, as well as on national statistics and a comparative research project on home‐care workers in the aforementioned countries. The findings reveal the mediating impact of the extension and decline of long‐term public care support and the corresponding development of the care infrastructure on both the restructuring of care work and the assessments of the care workers themselves.

Date: 2018
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