Ideas, research and the stories behind our work
Explore our collection of articles, expert commentaries, and published works. Here you will find the thinking that drives our practice and the ideas we believe are worth sharing.
Project Insights
A step back to move forward: Rethinking long-term care across Europe
An interview with sociologist Bernhard Weicht from the University of Innsbruck, on why long‑term care defies simple definitions, and how LeTs‑Care studies meanings, contexts, and the discomforts that shape care work and research.
What we talk about when we talk about long-term care
Long-term care for older adults is one of Europe’s most urgent challenges. Yet what it actually means remains wide open.
Sociologist Barbara Da Roit takes us deep into the meandres of the EU-funded LeTs-Care project, trading “best” practices for meaningful ones, comfort for complexity, and easy answers for better questions.
Local perspectives for a European challenge: mapping meaningful practices to shape long-term care’s future
The article brings evidence from the LeTs-Care project at a crucial moment. With 2026 expected to be a turning point for LTC strategies, interim findings offer timely insights that can influence debates before decisions across EU Member States. (February 2026)
Inputs and Insights emerging from Discussion and Exchange
This article explores the main insights and takeaways emerged during the LeTs-Care first policy lab on “Care Work in Long-Term Care” (October 2025)
Project Outputs
Long-Term Care Landscape in Portugal: insights on Quality, Workforce, Needs, Inequality, Sustainability
This collection brings together five national reports about Portugal, covering the meanings of quality of long-term care, workforce conditions, needs assessment, inequality, and sustainability.
The Meanings of Long-Term Care in Denmark: A Multi-Dimensional Research Collection
This collection brings together five national reports about Denmark, covering care quality, workforce conditions, needs assessment, inequality, and sustainability.
The LeTs-Care Stakeholder Map
What ecosystem surrounds and influences LeTs‑Care? The Stakeholders Map identifies the project’s main actors and their connections, offering an overview that supports strategic engagement, communication, and alignment as the project develops.
The LeTs-Care Reasoned Bibliography
This deliverable contains the review of national grey and scientific literature and includes an open‑access bibliographical database available as a spreadsheet.
Download the complete documents from our Zenodo repository.
The LeTs-Care Informed Consent Templates
This project deliverable contains the informed consent forms used for key‑informant and participant interviews in the LeTs‑Care ethnographic studies. Download the complete templates from our Zenodo repository.
The LeTs-Care Dissemination, Communication and Exploitation Plan
This deliverable outlines the targeted strategies and initiatives to engage audiences with the project’s key findings