Estonian residents underestimate the risk of needing long-term care according to the Foresight Centre report The Need for Long-Term Care in Estonia. One in two of the now 65-year-old Estonian residents will need long-term care services in the future.
At present, the public sector of Estonia spends more than 100 million euro per year on long-term care, but during the next 50 years, the annual need for providing long-term care services may increase to nearly 900 million euro (if expenses are calculated on the basis of today’s level of prices and wealth), the OECD predicts. Estonia’s possibilities were discussed at the Foresight Centre web seminar “Long-term care: where to find the money for it?”, held on 3 June.
In Estonia, the pressure to use foreign staff in long-term care will increase, says the report of the Foresight Centre Future of Long-term Care Development Trends until 2035, which is presented today.
An independent think tank at the Riigikogu