Dear Sir / Madame, The European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research is happy to announce a new event in its International Seminar series: "Care in Crisis: Austerity and Long-term Care in the UK", presented by Professor Emerita Caroline Glendinning, University of York. Date: Wednesday, 27 April 2016 (12:30 - 14:00) Location: Seminar Room at the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, Berggasse 17, 1090 Vienna Long-term care in the UK – particularly in England – is in serious crisis. Not only are levels of funding and service provision failing to keep pace with demographic trends; increasingly severe cuts are being made in levels of public funding. Professor Emerita Caroline Glendinning will argue that these cuts are partially hidden through current local government funding regimes and accountability structures. The speaker will present evidence of the impacts of current funding cuts on care markets, on older people and on family care-givers. The seminar will also draw attention to the longer-term implications of current policies, in undermining any notion that access to publicly-funded long-term care might be linked to concepts of citizenship and based on rights and entitlement; rather, long-term care is likely to become increasingly variable across the UK, dependent on local political priorities and discretionary decision-making. For more information please refer to: http://www.euro.centre.org/detail.php?xml_id=2598 Registration for the event is mandatory and free of charge, at: http://www.euro.centre.org/international_seminars.php Please feel free to disseminate this information in your professional network. Respectfully, Ricardo Rodrigues, Phd. _______________________________________________ International_seminars mailing list International_seminars@euro.centre.org http://mailhost.euro.centre.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/international_semin...