Overview: Provides information on how public regulations define the ‘vulnerable‘ older population throughout Europe.Reviews characteristics of specific main in-cash and in-kind programmes of care at regional anOn average, people in Europe are living longer, and are in better health. Despite this, however, a significant degree of health inequality is emerging among different socioeconomic groups. Assessment-of-need procedures and eligibility rules define the target population in ‘need-of-care’, and represent a compulsory gateway for olderadults in order to receive home-care benefits, either in-
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