Old people’s home in europe

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Old people’s home in europe

There are many old people's homes in Europe, also known as nursing homes or care homes, that provide long-term care for elderly people who require assistance with daily activities or have medical needs that cannot be met at home. These homes vary in size, services offered, and cost, depending on the country and region.

In general, European countries have different approaches to the care of older people, and the availability and quality of care homes can vary widely. Some countries have a strong tradition of family care and may have fewer care homes, while others may have more developed systems of institutional care.

In general, European countries have different approaches to the care of older people, and the availability and quality of care homes can vary widely. Some countries have a strong tradition of family care and may have fewer care homes, while others may have more developed systems of institutional care.

Living in a retirement home is extremely expensive and, as data from Orpea shows, it varies from country to country. Luxembourg costs the most on average, with a person living in a retirement home expecting to pay €305 euros per day in 2020. Spain comes at the other end of the scale, where it totals around €55 euros a day. According to Statista’s Residential care in Europe dossier, countries with higher privatization of care homes also show the highest costs.
Data shows that access to such resources is also impacted by gender. Across the EU, a pensions pay gap exists between men and women, with Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria and the UK seeing the widest gender pension gaps in 2020, according to the OECD. The countries with the smallest gender pay gap were Estonia, the Slovak Republic, Denmark and Czechia. OECD analysts explain that the gap is due not only to women having often worked in lower paid jobs, but also being more likely to have worked part-time and to have had longer career breaks, especially in order to care for children and relatives. Since the amount you pay into your pension impacts how much you can claim, this means women are disadvantaged on several fronts.

In many European countries, including the UK, Germany, France, and Italy, care homes are regulated and inspected by the government to ensure that they meet certain standards of care and safety. They may be run by private companies, non-profit organizations, or the government.

French citizens are currently the people spending the most time in retirement out of all OECD countries. French women spent an average of 26.9 years in retirement, while men were retirees for 22.7 years in 2018 (latest available).
Residents of France are currently fighting to not find themselves further down the list in coming years: After long negotiations with the government, the French commission for pension reform proposed to postpone the standard retirement age from 62 to 64 years starting in 2025 in July, but ever since then fierce protests and the longest continuous transport strike in French history have attempted to stop just that.
Other OECD countries’ citizens are likely to spend substantially less less time in retirement than the French. Germany, for example, started in 2012 to raise its standard retirement age incrementally from 65 to 67 years, a process that will conclude in 2029.
Other OECD nations with long retirements were Spain and Italy, where women retired for 26.6 and 25.7 years, respectively. South Koreans were among the worst off with an average about 16 years for women and 13 years for men. The only OECD country with a shorter retirement span was Mexico, where men retired for an even shorter period of time.
The calculation of retirement duration was based on the average retirement age and life expectancy at the time of exiting the labor market for each of the countries studied.

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