Perspectives on institutional characteristics, model features, and theories of reablement

sets the scene for the investigation of the introduction of reablement in the seven countries presented in the book. The chapter provides country-specific demographic information and a presentation of how the long-term care systems in each country are situated in particular welfare regimes. It also takes a comparative perspective in the presentation of what characterises the reablement approach in the seven countries, before presenting more generic reablement model features and theoretical aspects for reablement.