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Paying for old age?
— interim research report from the King's Fund Long-Term Care Financing Project | | Author(s) | Chris Deeming, Justin Keen |
| Corporate Author | Long-Term Care Financing Project, King's Fund |
| Publisher | King's Fund, London, 2000 |
| Pages | various pagings |
| Source | King's Fund Bookshop, 11-13 Cavendish Square, London W1G 0AN. |
| Keywords | Health services ; Services ; Organisation of care ; Long term ; Finance [care] ; Social surveys ; Islington. |
| Annotation | Two major debates concerning the financial status of older people have been conducted in isolation, but in practice are related to one another: long-term care and pensions. The results are presented of an interview-based survey of 100 people on average and below-average household incomes living in the London Borough of Islington. The survey was conducted by NOP for the King's Fund in June and July 2000. It was designed to increase our understanding of the financial status of real people, and thereby shed light on the practicality of government long-term care policies. The survey is part of a larger project being undertaken by the King's Fund on the financing of long-term care. The report outlines, with costings, key issues in long-term care and pensions policy; and describes the study's aims, methods and results. Given the small sample size, the results need to be interpreted with caution. However, they indicate that most people on average and below-average household incomes will struggle to pay for domiciliary health and social care services, both now and in the future. It is also unrealistic to expect people on below average incomes to be able to save for their old age. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001101002 B |
| Classmark | L: I: P: 4Q: QC: 3F: 82LK |
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