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The Portuguese stakeholders’ perspective on social investment and quality assessment in LTC

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2020

Alexandra Lopes Open the ORCID record for Alexandra Lopes [Opens in a new window]  and
Isabel Dias Open the ORCID record for Isabel Dias [Opens in a new window]
Alexandra Lopes*
Affiliation:
Sociology Department, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Isabel Dias
Affiliation:
Sociology Department, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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CONTACT Alexandra Lopes [email protected] Sociology Department, University of Porto, Via Panorâmica s/n, Porto, 4150–564 Portugal
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Abstract

There has been quite a considerable amount of debate over the last decade about the importance of quality assessment in the field of LTC provision in Portugal, framed by the discourse on social investment. In a context of limited resources, care providers are pressured to demonstrate creation of value. Quality assessment becomes one of the paths to demonstrate worthiness. This, however, has not translated into standardised protocols of evaluation of impacts and quality in particular. The question has been asked why is that? In this article we contribute to answering this question by looking at the discourses of stakeholders on the topic of social investment and quality in LTC. Overall there is a discourse that acknowledges the importance of assessing investments and quality as a reliable proxy to measure return on investments, although there is a general difficulty in translating social investment and the quest for quality into specific examples and tools.

Keywords

Social impactsquality assessmentlong-term carePortugal
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Article
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Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy , Volume 34 , Issue 2 , June 2018 , pp. 140 - 150
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Copyright © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group

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