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What type of familialism is relevant for Lithuania? The case of elderly care

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  • Laimutė Žalimienė
  • Inga Blažienė
  • Jolita Junevičienė

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In Lithuania, elderly care is still strongly reliant upon the informal sector, while recent efforts to develop a policy of de-familialism using welfare state arrangements have so far been very vague. This article uses the concept of familialism to assess whether the infrastructure of elderly care services and labor market measures developed in the country are adequate in the light of social-demographic changes taking place in the country and the expectations of the future elderly population (over 50 years old). Where the expectations reflect high levels of normative solidarity and preconditions for supported familialism, rapid emigration of young people, high employment among women, and the growing share of single-person households reflect the need to develop a dual-supported familialism–de-familialism policy model in the nearest future in order to meet elderly care needs.

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  • Laimutė Žalimienė & Inga Blažienė & Jolita Junevičienė, 2020. "What type of familialism is relevant for Lithuania? The case of elderly care," Journal of Baltic Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 51(2), pages 159-178, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rbalxx:v:51:y:2020:i:2:p:159-178
    DOI: 10.1080/01629778.2020.1746368
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    1. Shuchao Wang & Peishu Chen & Weicai Peng, 2023. "Environmental assessment of regional cooperative elderly care: a case study of the Yangtze River Delta," Economic Change and Restructuring, Springer, vol. 56(6), pages 3979-4007, December.

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