Why does understanding healthcare systems matter for resilience in elderly care? In this episode of Supporting Resilience in Healthcare, we explore how context mapping and cross-country comparison can reveal the organisational and policy conditions that shape resilient elderly care.
In this episode, we dive into a foundational aspect of the project: understanding and comparing healthcare systems across Europe.
Hosts Shalini Frøiland and Hilda Bø Lyng are joined by Dutch experts Roland Bal and Martijn Felder to discuss how context mapping helps us tailor interventions to the specific realities of each country’s elderly care system.
Through this in-depth conversation, we explore:
- What context mapping means and why it’s essential for international research
- How elderly care systems vary across Europe — and what common challenges they share
- The role of regulation, decentralization, and informal caregiving in shaping resilience
- How this data feeds into the development of the S4R Toolbox and supports policy decisions
- Why technological innovation like telemedicine and e-health is critical — but context-dependent
The mapping phase revealed that, despite different systems, countries face similar struggles: workforce shortages, integration gaps, and post-pandemic turnover. You can explore the findings further in our article on mapping healthcare systems and resilience in elderly care.
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