Collaborative housing for ageing communities in outlying areas
The LeTS-Care team at Uporto and EAPN discuss collaborative housing for ageing communities in remote isolated areas
New publication of LeTs-Care national report on Zenodo
The Spanish national report on the meanings of LTC is now available on Zenodo
Not a care home. Not co-housing. Everything in between.
Alongside the discussions held during the project’s Policy Lab on 26 June 2026, we continue our exchange with researcher Roberta Perna, focusing on the innovation potential of a Spanish collaborative‑housing initiative for older people.
Online policy lab approaching!
How can experiences connecting housing and long‑term care sustain active ageing, independent living, and the rights‑based protagonism of older people?
Join the policy lab on 26/6 and explore with us!
Who cares for Granma?
Long‑term care is organised in profoundly different ways across Europe, and understanding those differences is the first step toward designing better, fairer systems.
This short interactive experience can help you explore how people in 7 European countries respond to the very same LTC-related questions.
Hanging out with people: Fragments and reflections from ethnographies in long-term care
With anthropologists Jeannette Pols and Sabya van Elswijk we discuss the LeTs‑Care ethnographies in local long-term care initiatives.
The Spring 2026 issue of the LeTs-Care newsletter is out!
The new issue is out now! Also announcing the second policy lab, on June 26th.
From law to practice: LeTs-Care joins Portugal’s debate on teleassistance
Teleassistance should reach every corner of Portugal, says a new law. Now what?
A step back to move forward: rethinking long-term care across Europe
Sociologist Bernhard Weicht explains why “care” resists one definition and how LeTs‑Care examines meanings, contexts, and researchers’ boundaries…
LeTs-Care findings at Spain’s National LTC Congress in Seville
Insights into LeTs-Care research on the contextual factors shaping long-term care in Spain
What we talk about when we talk about long-term care
LeTs-Care coordinator Barbara Da Roit takes us deep into the project’s complexity.
LeTs-Care public deliverables now available on Zenodo
Public Deliverables released: find them on Zenodo
Local perspectives for a European challenge
How the analysis of local meaningful practices can help shape long-term care’s future in the EU.
Dutch long-term care practices take centre stage at LeTs-Care Meeting
What happens when researchers step out of the theoretical realm and into the heart of real-world care practice?
Social Economy contributing to EU competitiveness and prosperity
Reflections on the Report “Social Economy in Europe: Contributing to Competitiveness and Prosperity”.
Celebrating the UN’s International Day of Care and Support
A webinar by the Global Observatory on Long-Term Care examined the constraints and enduring myths that continue to hinder progress in LTC
Launch of the LeTs-Care Policy Lab
The first LeTs-Care Policy Lab aims at connecting research and policy-making in the field of long-term care.
LeTs-Care researchers contribute to international dialogue on LTC
Three researchers from the LeTs-Care project took part in a roundtable within the UIMP-IMSERSO Summer Course 2025
LeTs-Care engages EU Stakeholders in its first Policy Lab
The LeTs-Care’s first Policy Lab specifically tackles the resilience and sustainability of the care workforce.
LeTs-Care goes global!
At the International Public Policy Association Conference (ICPP7), Prof. Poškutė (ISM) presented a paper on long-term care needs in Lithuania.
Project opens up to stakeholders
The LeTs-Care Consortium is committed to make significant steps in engaging with the key stakeholders.
University of Porto and Santa Casa da Misericórdia do Porto sign a protocol in LTC
Santa Casa da Misericórdia do Porto and the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto sign a protocol in the LTC field.
Connecting Horizon-funded projects about LTC
LeTs-Care is part of a cluster of EU-funded projects focussing on innovation in practices and policies in the LTC sector.