Articles

The Future of Social Care in Greece: Ageing, Reform, Technology and a New Long-Term Care Settlement

Greece is entering a period in which population ageing, smaller family networks and changing expectations will reshape how long-term care is organised and funded. This final article in the Greece...

Reforming Long-Term Care in Greece: From Policy Ambition to an Integrated National Care System

Greece has moved long-term care reform onto the national policy agenda, with a stronger emphasis on person-centred support, community care, quality and more coherent access. The harder stage is implementation....

Paying for an Ageing Greece: Can Long-Term Care Expansion Be Financially Sustainable?

Greece faces a difficult long-term care financing question: how to expand affordable formal support while population ageing increases demand and families already carry much of the practical and financial burden....

Social Isolation and Loneliness in Greece: Community Connection as Part of an Ageing Strategy

Social connection is becoming an increasingly important dimension of ageing policy in Greece as more people live into advanced age and family networks change. This article examines loneliness and social...

Housing, Accessibility and Age-Friendly Communities in Greece: Supporting Independence Beyond Formal Care

Where and how people live will increasingly shape Greece’s ability to support an ageing population outside institutional care. This article examines housing accessibility, home adaptation, neighbourhood design, transport, disability rights...

Hospital Discharge and Intermediate Care in Greece: Connecting Acute Healthcare with Community Support

For older people in Greece, leaving hospital can expose the gap between acute healthcare and the support available at home. This article examines discharge planning, rehabilitation, home-based healthcare, Help at...

Preventive Social Care in Greece: Healthy Ageing, Early Intervention and Delaying Dependency

Preventive social care could become one of the most important foundations of Greece’s response to rapid population ageing. This article examines how health prevention, KAPI, KIFI, Help at Home, primary...

Municipalities and Local Government in Greek Social Care: The Local Infrastructure of Community Support

Greek municipalities sit at the practical front line of community support, operating services such as Help at Home, KAPI and KIFI while identifying vulnerability, supporting families and connecting residents with...

Private and Non-Profit Providers in Greek Long-Term Care: Building a More Coordinated Mixed Economy

Private companies, charities, faith-based organisations and other non-state providers already deliver an important share of long-term care in Greece, particularly in residential provision. This article examines how that mixed economy...

Social Care Data in Greece: Measuring Need, Quality, Access and Outcomes

Greece’s long-term care reforms will require better information about who needs support, which services people can actually access and whether care improves independence and quality of life. This article examines...

Digital Social Care in Greece: Telecare, Remote Support and Technology-Enabled Independence

Digital technology could extend the reach of Greek long-term care as population ageing, workforce constraints and geographic inequality increase pressure on home and community services. This article examines telecare, remote...

Safeguarding Adults in Greece: Protection, Rights and Accountability in Long-Term Care

Safeguarding adults in Greece increasingly sits at the intersection of ageing, disability rights, family care, long-term care quality and public accountability. This article examines how abuse, neglect, exploitation and unsafe...

Assessing Care Needs in Greece: Eligibility, Dependency and Fair Access to Long-Term Care

How Greece assesses long-term care need will shape who receives public support, what services they can access and how equitably resources are distributed. This article examines the country's fragmented assessment...

Quality Assurance in Greek Long-Term Care: Standards, Regulation and Provider Accountability

As Greece develops a more person-centred long-term care system, expanding provision is only part of the challenge. This article examines how licensing, service standards, regional oversight, provider governance, workforce competence,...

Mental Health and Social Care in Greece: Community Support, Recovery and Integrated Provision

Greece is entering a new phase of psychiatric reform, with mental health services reorganised through a national network and stronger regional coordination. This article examines how community mental health, social...

Disability Support in Greece: Independent Living, Inclusion and Community-Based Services

Greece is reshaping disability policy around autonomy, accessibility, independent living and participation, while practical support still spans national benefits, municipalities, families, health services and community organisations. This article examines the...

Dementia Care in Greece: Diagnosis, Community Support, Family Care and Future Service Demand

Dementia is becoming an increasingly important test of Greece’s ability to connect healthcare, long-term care and family support around changing needs. This article examines diagnosis, the National Observatory for Dementia...

Integrating Health and Social Care in Greece: Building More Coordinated Long-Term Care Pathways

Older people in Greece frequently move between hospitals, primary healthcare, municipal social services, family care and privately arranged support, yet these parts of the system do not automatically operate as...

Ageing at Home in Greece: Building Sustainable Home and Community-Based Care

Most older people in Greece remain at home as their needs increase, supported by family networks, municipal services and privately arranged care. This article examines what sustainable ageing at home...

Residential and Nursing Care in Greece: Capacity, Quality and the Role of Institutional Provision

Residential long-term care remains a relatively small but important part of Greece’s care system, serving older people whose needs cannot always be met safely or sustainably at home. This article...

Supporting Informal Carers in Greece: Recognition, Respite, Training and Financial Protection

Family carers remain fundamental to long-term care in Greece, but demographic change and rising care complexity are making reliance on unpaid support increasingly difficult to sustain. This article examines how...

The Long-Term Care Workforce in Greece: Recruitment, Retention, Skills and Professionalisation

Greece cannot expand formal long-term care without developing the workforce needed to deliver it. This article examines recruitment, retention, skills, professional identity, migration, geographic distribution and the continuing relationship between...

Regional Inequality in Greek Long-Term Care: Geography, Islands, Rural Communities and Unequal Access

Where someone lives in Greece can materially shape the long-term care available to them. This article examines how islands, rural communities, urban concentration, municipal capacity, workforce distribution and transport affect...

Building Person-Centred Long-Term Care in Greece: From Service Availability to Individual Need

Greece is developing a more person-centred approach to long-term care as it confronts fragmented provision, regional inequality and heavy reliance on families. This article examines what person-centred reform means operationally:...

KAPI and KIFI in Greece: Community Services, Day Care and Support for Older People

Greece’s KAPI community centres and KIFI day-care centres occupy different but complementary positions in local support for older people. This article examines how municipalities use these structures to promote active...

Help at Home in Greece: The Role and Future of Home-Based Support

Greece’s Help at Home programme provides free municipal support to older people and people with disabilities who cannot fully manage everyday life independently. This article examines how the programme operates,...

Family Care in Greece: Informal Carers, Changing Households and the Limits of the Traditional Care Model

Family care remains central to long-term support in Greece, with relatives providing much of the practical, personal and emotional assistance that enables older people to remain at home. This article...

How Long-Term Care Is Funded in Greece: Public Spending, Household Costs and the Funding Challenge

Greece finances long-term care through a fragmented mix of state and municipal programmes, social protection, statutory health insurance, household payments and extensive unpaid family care. This article examines what that...

Ageing in Greece: Demographic Change and the Growing Demand for Long-Term Care

Greece is ageing rapidly while its working-age population is shrinking, changing the balance between older people, families, formal services and the workforce available to provide care. This article examines how...

Understanding Greece’s Social Care and Long-Term Care System: Structure, Responsibilities and Reform

Greece is reshaping long-term care as rapid population ageing exposes the limits of a system still heavily dependent on families and uneven local provision. This article explains how national ministries,...