The word nobody used
Inequalities in long‑term care are visible across Europe, yet rarely named. As prof. Lopes found, stakeholders avoid the word itself, speaking instead of differences or disparities. That silence reveals how language shapes debates and obscures the deeper realities care systems struggle to confront.
The word nobody used
Sociologist Alexandra Lopes form University of Porto (Portugal) shares her findings on what long-term care systems reveal about inequality and what they manage to keep out of sight.
Learning from the ground up: LeTs-Care’s national workshops on long-term care in Italy
Over the past year, the LeTs-Care team at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice has run a series of national workshops, each tackling a different pressure point in Italy’s long-term care system.
Long-term care and housing: Quality of life, shared living and sustainable care
A summary and review of the second Policy Lab discussion, held online on 26/6/2026
Long-term care and housing: Quality of life, shared living and sustainable care
In this article, we summarise the Policy Lab discussion, explore implications for older people’s care policy, link to Europe’s inclusion debate, and conclude with key learning points.
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.
A conversation with researcher Roberta Perna, IPP-CSIC (Spain) about an enthnography on innovative small care home for older people.
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.
Hanging out with people: Fragments and reflections from ethnographies in long-term care
A conversation with anthropologists Jeannette Pols and Sabya van Elswijk (University of Amsterdam) on LeTs‑Care ethnographies and meanings of daily long‑term care work
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…
A step back to move forward: rethinking long-term care across Europe
An interview with sociologist Bernhard Weicht (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.
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.
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 (University of Venice Ca’ Foscari) 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.