Il sistema low-cost di assistenza di lunga durata

Starting from the analysis of Italian welfare system’s features (the relevant role of families, the importance of cash-for-care-schemes, the territorial differences), the essay explains the reasons why, in long term care, working conditions are harsh and illegality is widespread. In particular, the Author focuses on the so-called do-it-yourself welfare in which, due to the lack of public services, each family has to find by itself an economic feasible solution to care needs.