Long Term Care: A Social Investment
Date and time
The second ScandIRE Nordic Talk explores how elderly care is perceived as an investment in society to achieve a fairer share of care work.
About this event
Long Term Care: A Social Investment
Prof. Virpi Timonen, TCD / University of Helsinki (Finland)
Dr. Karen Anderson, University College Dublin (Ireland)
Dr. Nat O’Connor, Age Action (Ireland)
Prof. Virpi Timonen (TCD / University of Helsinki) explains that generous long term care services are an essential social investment in the Nordic countries. On the panel she is joined by Dr. Nat O’Connor (Age Action) and Prof. Karen Anderson (UCD). The panel will discuss how accessible long-term care prevents poverty among older people, increases female labour force participation and reduces inequality, while it remains a major challenged to provide decent work for carers.
The panel will discuss with the audience which steps are required to make the Irish long term care provision more universal and a home for older people.
The talk is followed by a reception which will serve Danish pastries and tea/coffee.
The ticket sale ends 1 days before the event.
