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Cap in hand
— how charities are bailing out the state in care homes for elderly people | | Author(s) | Paul Burstow |
| Corporate Author | Liberal Democrats |
| Publisher | Paul Burstow MP, House of Commons, London, [2002] |
| Pages | 6 pp |
| Source | Paul Burstow MP, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. |
| Keywords | Voluntary care homes ; Charges ; Finance [care] ; Care homes ; SDP/Liberal Alliance ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | Charities make an important contribution to the UK care home sector. There are 128 not-for-profit charitable providers, accounting for 73,100 beds - some 15% of the sector - and is worth £3.1 billion annually. Like the private sector providers, they have experienced a long term squeeze on their fee levels for older people funded by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and local authorities (state funded). Unlike the private sector, charitable care homes have increasingly "subsidised" state funded placements. This short report is based on a survey conducted by Paul Burstow MP, of twenty charitable care home providers. The findings are yet further evidence of the severity of the crisis in the care home sector and the lack of Government understanding of the causes of the crisis. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020327001 P |
| Classmark | KWE: QEJ: QC: KW: VL6: 3F * |
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