Long-term care is becoming a social challenge. More and more people are reliant on care for longer time period. Within the current social security system in Slovenia, long-term care is no longer possible, so I want to present why it is necessary to regulate comprehensively long-term care in Slovenia. This master's thesis deals with the international views of long-term care and their impact on Slovenian regulation of long-term care. The first part focuses on the concept of long-term care, the social risk of reliance on care and on the other sociological, demographic and economic indicators, which show the significant changes in Slovenia. Further, the various models of regulation of long-term care in some Member States of the EU are presented. Development of long-term care has namely started in the EU Member States, as they detected the importance of the recognition of the social risk of reliance on care in the 90s. It is followed by analysis of relevant provisions on long-term care of international and regional instruments by which Slovenia is bound. Recommendations from the WHO, OECD and EU are also considered. In the fourth part, binding provisions of the Slovene Constitution are analysed. The conclusions are presented at the end of the thesis. Slovenia needs a sustainable and comprehensive long-term care, which can cope with rapidly changing conditions in society.
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