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| Age Concern England's response to the Department of Health's consultation paper, "Preserved rights income support and income support residential allowance" | | Corporate Author | Age Concern England - ACE |
| Publisher | Age Concern England, London, May 2000 |
| Pages | 8 pp (Policy Papers, ref: 1000) |
| Source | Age Concern England, Astral House, 1268 London Road, London SW16 4ER. |
| Keywords | Nursing homes ; Care homes ; Domiciliary services ; Charges ; Social security benefits ; Rights [elderly] ; Age Concern ; Comments or Evidence submitted. |
| Annotation | The Department of Health (DoH) consultation on preserved rights is, in part, a response to the Royal Commission on Long Term Care. The problem with preserved rights to income support dates back to implementation of the NHS and Community Care Act 1990: local authorities were excluded from providing accommodation for older people in independent sector residential or nursing care. In this response, Age Concern England (ACE) recommends an amendment to the Care Standards Bill, to repeal section 43 of the 1990 Act. The income support residential allowance has been used as a perverse incentive to place older people in residential care, rather than to receive funding by the local authority for care in their own homes. Since the consultation paper's publication, the Audit Commission has published a report on domiciliary charges, "Charging with care", which proposed a model which split costs into component parts: housing, living costs, support, personal care, and nursing. This model, coupled with recommendations from the Royal Commission, is seen by ACE as worth consideration. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000714201 P |
| Classmark | LHB: KW: N: QEJ: JH: IKR: PT: 6PM * |
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