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Fair enough?
— research on the implementation of the Department of Health Guidance "Fairer charging policies for home care and other non-residential social services" | | Author(s) | Pauline Thompson, Dinah Mathew |
| Corporate Author | Age Concern England - ACE; Age Concern Institute of Gerontology - ACIOG, King's College London |
| Publisher | Age Concern England - ACE, London, 2004 |
| Pages | 132 pp |
| Source | Age Concern England, Astral House, 1268 London Road, London SW16 4ER. |
| Keywords | Domiciliary services ; Services ; Local Authority ; Charges. |
| Annotation | Age Concern commissioned ACIOG to investigate implementation of the Department of Health's guidance to local authorities, "Fairer charging policies for home care and other non-residential social services". The objectives of the research were to gain information about: how far this guidance has led to greater consistency across the country; which older people have gained and lost by the changes; how local authorities have dealt with certain aspects of the policy (disability-related costs, capital limits, maximum charges, and charges for day care); service users decreasing or dropping out of services as the result of the changes; and user views on how the changes have affected them. The key recommendations from this research are that: charges for personal care and carers' services should be abolished; and local authorities should receive extra funding as an interim measure to improve charging systems. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040504226 B |
| Classmark | N: I: PE: QEJ |
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