3.1 Themed seminars

Chair: Eva Gustafson, Swedish Family Care Competence Centre
Valentina Hlebec, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Andrej Szakar and Boris Majecin,Institute for Economic Research, Slovenia: Care arrangements for older people in Eastern European Countries
Aviad Tur-Sinai, Ph.D and Max Stern Yezreel Valley College, Israel; Israel Gerontological Data Center,The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel: Social Companionship and Isolation among Old-Age People in European Countries
Mai Yamaguchi, Japan Lutheran College, Japan: Supporting Carers in the super-aged Japanese society: Marginalized agenda in the long-term care system
Deborah Cristina de Olivera, School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, UK: Who is the carea nd who needs care? The impact of the caring role on older family carers