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Selling off the twilight years
— the transfer of Birmingham's homes for older people | | Author(s) | Melanie McFadyean, David Rowland |
| Corporate Author | School of Public Policy, University College London; Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust |
| Publisher | Menard Press, London, 2002 |
| Pages | 41 pp |
| Source | The Menard Press, 8 The Oaks, Woodside Avenue, London N12 8AR. |
| Keywords | Local Authority Homes ; Private care homes ; Commercial care ; Policy ; Pressure groups ; Birmingham. |
| Annotation | Over the last 20 years, successive governments have forced local authorities to dispose of their residential care homes for older people, and to buy services from the independent sector (i.e. for profit or voluntary non-profit) instead. This is the third in a series of reports on grassroots case studies dealing with the effects of a Public Private Partnership (PPP) scheme, and was commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust (JRRT). It describes how Birmingham City Council dealt with this and previous policies by selling off some of its homes, and the action by the local campaign group, RAGE (Residents Action Group for the Elderly) to exercise the right to remain in council-run care. While in the short term five homes were saved from closure, central government has subsequently applied pressure on the Council either to transfer its care homes and reduce costs of care, or to close them - a situation commonly being experienced by other local authorities. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-021111212 B |
| Classmark | KWA: KWH: PI: QAD: PME: 87E |
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