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Home care allowances — good for many but not for all
Author(s)	Marja Pijl
Journal title	Practice, vol 12, no 2, 2000
Pages	pp 55-64
Keywords	Social security benefits ; Informal care ; Domiciliary services ; Home nursing ; Social policy ; Austria ; France ; Germany ; Netherlands ; United Kingdom.
Annotation	Home care consists of different kinds of service. In this article, a distinction is made between nursing, personal care and domestic care. The author discusses questions that have arisen concerning the payment of cash rather than the provision of care in kind. These questions include how recipients use the money, the assessment, the quality of care, the levels of payment, and the satisfaction of workers paid with an allowance. She explains how these questions have been handled in five European countries: Austria, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK. Although the questions are similar, the solutions vary. Generally speaking, recipients of care allowances are positive about them, because the cash schemes enhance their independence. However, the author cautions that care allowances might not be the best solution for very old, dependent and isolated people. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-000719207 A
Classmark	JH: P6: N: N4: TM2: 76A: 765: 767: 76H: 8
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