Priorities and challenges in social and healthcare policies for older people living in the Mediterranean basin: A Delphi panel study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recently, the countries in the Mediterranean basin (which share cultural ties) have been showing a common trend of declining social support for the elderly, with deficiencies in social care models for this demographic. Thus, this Delphi panel study analyzed the gaps in social and integrated care among the participating countries in a European research project.

Methods

This three-round Delphi panel study focused on the European countries of Greece and Spain and the non-European countries of Egypt, Lebanon, and Tunisia. In this project, experts were identified according to their level of expertise in the subject matter, their gender, and their membership in different social groups. Subsequently, they were asked to identify the current situation of social care, set f

SUBMITTER: Porcel-Galvez AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11488287 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature