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Who cares, who pays?
— how the sick and vulnerable are forced to sell their homes for care that should be free | | Author(s) | Paul Burstow |
| Corporate Author | Liberal Democrat Shadow Spokesman for Older People |
| Publisher | Paul Burstow MP, House of Commons, London, [2002] |
| Pages | 24 pp |
| Source | Paul Burstow MP, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. Downloaded document (8/12/02): www.paulburstow.com |
| Keywords | Admission [nursing homes] ; Admission [care homes] ; Owner occupied dwellings ; Charges ; Assets [elderly]. |
| Annotation | A previous report by Paul Burstow, "The scandal of long-term care under Labour" (April 2001) showed that in the previous year, some 70,000 older people had been forced to sell their homes to pay for their care. The present study looks at the "continuing care criteria" drawn up by health authorities, and the process of revising these in the light of case law, statutory guidance and the establishment of Strategic Health Authorities. It highlights the inadequacy of Government policy, and the need for national eligibility criteria to clear up inconsistencies and avoid illegality. Throughout, reference is made to the case of R v North and East Devon Health Authority (ex Parte Coughlan), on which local eligibility criteria are based. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-021210207 E |
| Classmark | LHB:QKH: KW:QKH: KEA: QEJ: JD |
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