16 Cross-case analysis and conclusion

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of figures and tables vii
4. Notes on contributors viii
5. 1 The challenge of policy integration and the complexity of care home responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe 1
6. 2 Welfare regimes and long-term care in the ‘Old Continent’ 24
7. 3 Muddling through after a strong start: tackling the COVID-19 pandemic in Austrian nursing homes 35
8. 4 Lessons not learned: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the residential care sector in England 59
9. 5 Protecting older people’s lives, forgetting about their other rights? Managing the COVID-19 pandemic in the care home sector in Finland 81
10. 6 Impact of the French top-down management of the COVID-19 pandemic on residential care homes 99
11. 7 Large capacities in health care: insufficient protection of vulnerable groups in Germany 116
12. 8 The Greek long-term care sector against COVID-19: an effort for excellence 139
13. 9 Long-term care of older people in residential care settings in Ireland during waves 1 and 2 of the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons (still to be) learned 157
14. 10 Neglecting nursing homes: the management of the pandemic crisis in Italy 176
15. 11 Government response to the COVID-19 pandemic in long-term care residences for older people: preparedness, responses, and challenges for the future in Luxembourg 194
16. 12 The COVID-19 crisis as a ‘hospital issue’: the impact of COVID-19 measures on Dutch nursing homes 214
17. 13 Portugal: structural weaknesses of nursing homes network exposed by the pandemic 233
18. 14 Long-term care for older people during the COVID-19 pandemic in decentralised Spain 252
19. 15 Swedish long-term care for older people in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic 272
20. 16 Cross-case analysis and conclusion 288
21. Index 310