🇵🇱 Poland Ageing, Long-Term Care & Community Support Knowledge Hub

Poland is undergoing significant demographic and social change as population ageing, changing family structures, workforce pressures and regional inequalities increase the importance of sustainable long-term care and community support. Its care system brings together national government, municipalities, healthcare services, social assistance, public and non-governmental providers, private organisations, families and communities. The first collection within this Knowledge Hub explores Poland Ageing, Long-Term Care & Community Support, with additional specialist collections being introduced as the library expands.

Poland’s long-term care system reflects its own demographic, economic, geographic and institutional context, but many of the pressures it faces are shared internationally. These include enabling older people to remain at home, supporting family carers, expanding community-based services, addressing shortages within the care workforce, strengthening coordination between health and social care, reducing urban-rural and regional inequalities, improving quality and accountability, and making effective use of digital and assistive technologies. Poland therefore provides valuable learning for providers, municipalities, commissioners, policymakers, researchers and system leaders internationally.

This Knowledge Hub examines Poland’s approach to population ageing, long-term care financing, municipal social assistance, home and community support, residential care, informal caregiving, dementia, disability, rehabilitation, independent living, mental health, workforce development, migration, quality assurance, safeguarding, prevention, healthy ageing, integrated care, digitalisation, assistive technology, data, geographic inequalities and system reform. 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 assistance systems, providers, families, communities, technology, evidence and European policy influences interact. Particular attention will be given to the balance between formal and family care, the sustainability of long-term care financing, workforce migration and recruitment, rural and regional access, ageing in place, hospital-to-community transitions, dementia support, prevention, digital care and the future organisation of services. The aim is to create a practical, evidence-informed resource for understanding both Poland’s evolving care system and the wider lessons emerging from its experience.

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