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| Long-term care and the family | | Corporate Author | Family Policy Studies Centre - FPSC |
| Publisher | Family Policy Studies Centre, London, November 2000 |
| Pages | 12 pp (Family briefing paper 16) |
| Source | Family Policy Studies Centre, 9 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9SN. |
| Keywords | Health services ; Services ; Organisation of care ; Long term ; Finance [care] ; Family care ; Social policy ; Comments or Evidence submitted. |
| Annotation | Policy on long-term care for older people and the role of family support is considered, mainly in the light of recommendations from the Royal Commission on Long-Term Care of the Elderly and the Government's response to the Royal Commission. This Briefing Paper presents information on carers from the General Household Survey (GHS) and attitudes to care from the British Social Attitudes Survey (1996). It examines reasons why long-term care has become a political issue: changing boundaries between health and social care; the shift from "home help" to a "home care" service; and means-testing to determine whether and how much someone should contribute towards costs of residential or nursing home care. It seems unlikely that the government's response to the Royal Commission represent a final resolution of the issues, many of which remain unresolved. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010129211 P |
| Classmark | L: I: P: 4Q: QC: P6:SJ: TM2: 6PM * |
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