Gregorio Rodríguez Cabrero

Long-Term Care in Spain: Between Family Care Tradition and the Public Recognition of Social Risk

The aim of this chapter provides answers, from an institutional perspective, to key questions concerning the transition in Spain from a residual LTC system, centered almost exclusively on the family, to a public one of universal coverage, which began in January of 2007. The chapter analyses why the reform of LTC was necessary, the actors and coalitions that lead the reform, how the reform was carried out and main effects during the first years of its application. The chapter shows the problems and difficulties of building an universal mix care LTC model from a social assistance and family Mediterranean one.

La protección social de los inmigrantes no comunitarios

The presence in Spain of nearly three million inmigrants, the vast majority of them coming from poor developing countries, creates social challenges of considerable scope. One of them is their integration into our current social protection system. In other words how their social rights are being materialized and how are taking place possible ways of social exclusion. This paper analyses the theoretic and institutional setting in order to understand the integration of non European immigrants on our Spanish Welfare State with special reference to the process of accessibility to health system and personal social services. Lastly, it evaluates any possible breaks and exclusion on this process of social integration.