Martin Kukk: The Care Reform Will Make Care Homes More Affordable and Improve Service Quality

Martin Kukk, a member of the supervisory board of Estonia’s largest elderly care group Südamekodud, believes that the most positive outcome of the care reform is that the sector will finally have unified service standards.
Among other things, the reform will set minimum staffing requirements for care service providers. The care reform, coming into effect on July 1, has already brought people to the doors of care homes who wish to secure a place not immediately, but specifically from July 1.
Estonia’s population has remained relatively stable over the past two decades — around 1.3 million people. However, sociologists and policymakers are concerned that the number of younger age groups entering the workforce is steadily becoming smaller than the number of people retiring. Projections show that by 2050, the proportion of people over 65 will grow to one-third of Estonia’s population.

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