Caring for Carers: an Analysis of Informal Care Policies in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Caring for Carers: an Analysis of Informal Care Policies in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Author(s): Amar Numanović, Aida Malkić
Subject(s): Politics, Welfare systems, Health and medicine and law, Policy, planning, forecast and speculation, Labour and Social Security Law
Published by: Analitika – Centar za društvena istraživanja
Keywords: BiH; policy; informal care policies; carers;
Summary/Abstract: Providers of informal care are not recognised in the long-term care system in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The existing measures in the area of long-term care are primarily aimed at persons in need of care, whereby the needs of informal care givers are almost completely neglected. The primary goal of this paper is to analyse the area of long-term care, focusing on informal care in BiH, and presenting international practices in this area which have been recognised and systemically regulated in most EU countries through various modes of providing support and services to informal care givers. Based on the identified examples of good practice in other countries, several recommendations for the systemic regulation of informal care in BiH have been formulated.

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