This volume is an overview of the present situation of Home care services in six European countries and regions. The analysis shown are part of the preliminary research activities of the project "Quality Care for Quality Aging. European Indicators for Home Health Care", financed by European Commission, Directorate general employment, social affairs and inclusion, under the specific Progress Programme 2007-2013.
Quality Care for Quality Aging project (QCQA) starts from the assumption that Social Services of General Interest (SSGI) will constitute the main tool able to face the increasing needs of old people in condition of non self sufficiency. The project wants to focus on a particular typology of SSGI which is the Home Care services and interventions in the context of the Long Term Care Systems for elderly people, in order to support new policies and intervention strategies both at European and National level.

Dario Zanon , District Director for the Local Health Authority number 10 "Veneto Orientale" of the Veneto Region and project manager of the QCQA project. He has a widespread experience at international and European level. He has been project manager in many European and transnational projects in the field of public health and social policy.
Emilio Gregori , Executive Director of Synergia. He is expert in the field of quality assessment, statistics and operational research methodologies. He is responsible of the scientific coordination of multidisciplinary working teams of several projects on the topic of social and health programmes and interventions delivered by public instituzions.