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http://www.itinerainstitute.org/en/library/_paper/long-term-care-in-belgium/
Long-term care in Belgium
06 May 2010
This report describes the organization of the Belgian long-term care system. According to the Plan Bureau it can be characterized as a mixed system with extensive public care provision and substantial support from informal care mainly within the family. While the current volume and quality of services appears to be adequate, the future increase in the number of dependent elderly persons over the next two decades as a result of demographic ageing can be expected to become a serious challenge, both in terms of required formal and informal care capacity and financially.

http://www.plan.be/admin/uploaded/201004230943350.wp2001007.pdf

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