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…
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
LeTs-Care coordinator Barbara Da Roit takes us deep into the project’s complexity.
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.
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
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.
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.
LeTs-Care at the 7th ESPAnet Austria Research Conference
The LeTs-Care research team at UIBK participated in the 7th ESPAnet Austria Research Conference, on 24-25 April 2025.
Innovative research strand on ethnographic work
Gathered in Porto, the LeTs‑Care Consortium moved forward with the project’s ethnographic research.