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Thinking about the production and consumption of long-term care in Britain — does gender still matter?
Author(s)	Clare Ungerson
Journal title	Journal of Social Policy, vol 29, part 4, October 2000
Pages	pp 623-644
Keywords	Services ; Long term ; Domiciliary services ; Private enterprise ; Economics ; Older women ; Consumer.
Annotation	This article suggests that the literature on care, which originally was heavily influenced by a gendered perspective, has now taken on other important variables. However, it is argued that if we look at the particular impact of the marketisation and privatisation of long-term care, we can see that gender is still a useful perspective on the production of care, especially paid care. The reordering of the delivery of domiciliary care within the "mixed economy of welfare" is having important effects on the labour market for care and is likely to lead to further inequalities between women, both now and in old age. The article considers the impact of these inequalities on the consumption of care in old age - particularly by older women - and considers factors that may provide women with the resources to purchase care and/or pay charges for care. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-001204207 A
Classmark	I: 4Q: N: W4D: W: BD: WY
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