{"id":847,"date":"2011-09-06T16:40:32","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T16:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.efnweb.be\/v2\/?page_id=847"},"modified":"2025-10-21T00:26:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T22:26:56","slug":"elderly-care","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?page_id=847","title":{"rendered":"Elderly Care"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"847\" class=\"elementor elementor-847\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"penci-section penci-disSticky penci-structure-10 elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-74a4643c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"74a4643c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"penci-ercol-100 penci-ercol-order-1 penci-sticky-ct  elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a4d3866\" data-id=\"4a4d3866\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-672e1c7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"672e1c7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Europe is facing unprecedented demographic changes that will have an impact on the health systems. The average life expectancy in the EU Member States is one of the highest in the world, and is continuing to rise. This fact will influence and orientate the debate on active ageing, care for the older persons and Long-term care.<br \/><br \/><\/p><h6>Long-Term Care Workforce Challenges<\/h6><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EFN-Policy-Statement-on-Long-Term-Care-Workforce-Challenges-October-2025.pdf\">EFN Policy Statement on Long-Term Care Workforce Challenges<\/a> <em>(October 2025)<\/em><\/li><\/ul><h6>Underfunding of Prevention and LTC<\/h6><ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EFN-Recommendations-on-Addressing-the-Underfunding-of-Prevention-and-LTC.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EFN Recommendations on Addressing the Underfunding of Prevention and LTC<\/a><em> (April 2019)<\/em><\/li><\/ul><h6>Dementia Care<\/h6><ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EFN-Policy-Statement-on-Dementia-Care-Final-Oct.-20151.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EFN Policy Statement<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EFN-Position-Paper-on-Dementia-Care-Final-Oct.20151.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Position Paper<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h6>Care for the Older People<\/h6><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EFNPolicyStatementonCarefortheOlderPeople-EN-finalrev092007.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EFN Policy Statement<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EFNPositionStatementonCareforOlderPeople-EN-finalrev092007.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EFN Position Paper<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h6>EU Challenges for Long-Term Care<\/h6><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EFNPolicyStatementonLongTermcare-EN-finalrev062007.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EFN Policy Statement<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EFNPositionStatementonLongTermcare-EN-finalrev062007.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EFN Position Paper<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Europe is facing unprecedented demographic changes that will have an&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-847","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10940,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?page_id=10940","url_meta":{"origin":847,"position":0},"title":"109th EFN General Assembly, 11-12 April 2019, Brussels","author":"efn efn","date":"January 22, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":">> Click here to register for the GA MINUTES EFN GENERAL ASSEMBLY Minutes EFN General Assembly - April 2019, Brussels APPROVED DOCUMENTS EFN Recommendations on Addressing the Underfunding of Prevention and LTC EU Roadmap to advance Lifelong Learning - April 2019 PICTURES To see the pictures of the EFN General\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2198,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?page_id=2198","url_meta":{"origin":847,"position":1},"title":"EFN Reports","author":"efn efn","date":"May 15, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"On this page you can find the EFN members 'Tour de Table\" reports.If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us directly: +32 (0)2 512 74 19EFN Report on the European Semester - CR 2016-2026 (Analysis June 2026)EFN Report on Ethical Recruitment (January 2025)EFN Report on Continuous\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15936,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?page_id=15936","url_meta":{"origin":847,"position":2},"title":"ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING (APN)","author":"efn efn","date":"April 27, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"A. 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