🇬🇷 Greece Ageing, Long-Term Care & Community Support Knowledge Hub

Greece is entering an important period of change in long-term care as population ageing, changing family structures, workforce pressures and growing demand for formal support increase the importance of sustainable care for older people and others with long-term needs. Its evolving care system brings together national government, municipalities, healthcare and social services, home and community programmes, residential providers, voluntary organisations, families and informal carers. The first collection within this Knowledge Hub explores Greece Ageing, Long-Term Care & Community Support, with additional specialist collections being introduced as the library expands.

Greece’s long-term care system reflects its own demographic, economic, geographic and social context. Family and informal care continue to play a major role, while formal provision remains comparatively limited and access can vary between regions, rural communities and islands. Many of the underlying pressures are also shared internationally. These include enabling people to remain at home, supporting family carers, expanding community services, developing the formal care workforce, strengthening connections between health and social care, ensuring equitable access, improving quality and accountability, and making effective use of digital and assistive technologies. Greece therefore provides valuable learning for providers, municipalities, policymakers, researchers and system leaders internationally.

This Knowledge Hub examines Greece’s approach to population ageing, long-term care reform, funding, eligibility and assessment, home-based support, community services, residential care, family caregiving, ageing in place, municipal responsibilities, workforce development, quality assurance, safeguarding, person-centred care, health and social care integration, hospital-to-community transitions, dementia, disability, mental health, digital care, social care data, regional inequality, rural and island access, prevention, healthy ageing and long-term system sustainability. It forms part of the interconnected international knowledge library across Impact Guru and Impact Insights Hub, supporting comparison between different care systems without assuming that one national model can simply be transferred to another.

As the collection develops, articles will explore how national policy, municipalities, healthcare and social services, providers, families, communities, technology and evidence interact. Particular attention will be given to the development of Greece’s long-term care system, the balance between formal and family support, ageing at home, workforce capacity, regional accessibility, health and social care integration, quality and accountability, hospital-to-community pathways, dementia support, prevention and digital transformation. The aim is to create a practical, evidence-informed resource for understanding both Greece’s evolving care system and the wider lessons emerging from its experience.

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