The report was prepared in the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour, and Social Affairs (ELS) by the long-term care team.
This project was funded by the European Union via the Structural Reform Support Programme in 2019‑2021. Co‑operation with the Government of Croatia and the European Commission’s DG REFORM has been instrumental for the project, with Marija Penava Simac from the Ministry of Labour, Pension System, Family and Social Policy and Claudia Piferi from the European Commission. The company Kvaka provided external support for the survey undertaken as part of the project.
The project benefited from input from a range of stakeholders: Anja Declercq (Belgium), Antonín Shejbal and Markéta Vanclová (the Czech Republic), Emily Holzhausen (Carers UK), Kathryn Hill (Carers Trust – England), Ketri Kupper (Estonia), Delphine Roy (France), Marion Roebkes (Germany), Fred Lafeber and Arianne van der Rijst-Broere (the Netherlands), Agnieszka Sowa (Poland), Maria João Falcato de Almeida (Portugal), Manuel Montero Rey (Spain), Elizabeth Hanson (Sweden), Pamela Doty (United States).
This publication benefited from comments from and discussions with OECD country representatives, country experts and OECD colleagues, in particular Health Committee delegates. This paper also benefited from comments from Susanna Ulinski from the European Commission.