Towards community-based people-centred integrated care: the role of informal care

Despite significant advances in people’s health and life expectancy in recent years, relative improvements have been unequal among and within countries. Care is too often fragmented and, as a result, the responsiveness of the health and long-term care (LTC) systems and satisfaction with care services remain low in some EU member states (more than 70% of EU citizens are satisfied with the overall quality of the health and long-term care in their home country, according to a new survey by Eurobarometer.