[Futuregen] Further contacts with SB members who could not attend kick-off

[rodrigues at euro.centre.org]

Dear all,


I'm back from vacations and I've established some contacts with two SB 
members who were not present at the meeting.
I've contacted Ms Schindler (Austrian Ministry of Health) for a working 
lunch to brief her on the project and I'm waiting for her reply.

I've also been in contact with Ms Littmann (Swiss Insurance Office) over 
e-mail regarding the minutes of the kick-off meeting. Here is what she 
sent back as questions/comments (I've edited the text as she also 
included information about her health condition, which I left out):

"Nevertheless I checked all documents you have sent. When I read the 
minutes, it seemed to be very clear, that the topic and the project 
(esp. the comparable datasets) get very complex, when you include all 
possible factors. On the other hand the results are perhaps not really 
satisfying, when you focus too strong on a small range of factors. 
Especially in relation to context factors and life choices. Who is 
responsible for the methodological questions and defining the datasets 
for the cross-country comparisons ? Due to the minutes it was not a very 
intensive discussion on this part.
(...)
My last question refers to slide 8 of the presentation: The diagram 
shows that with increasing age the informal care decreases (for men and 
women), correct? Do you want to go in the same direction and try to 
explain the differences between the countries?
Just to understand, how you want to get results in this project . . . . 
:-)"

I will have a phone call next Friday and wanted to touch base with you 
before, in case you have any inputs on her questions.
Thanks in advance.


Best wishes,
Ricardo


-- 
Ricardo Rodrigues, PhD, MSc
Deputy Director
Head of Health and Care Unit
European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research
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