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Funding long-term care for older people
— lessons for other countries | | Author(s) | Caroline Glendinning, Bleddyn Davies, Linda Pickard |
| Corporate Author | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF; Social Policy Research Unit - SPRU, University of York; Personal Social Services Research Unit - PSSRU, London School of Economics |
| Publisher | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF, York, 2004 |
| Pages | 35 pp |
| Source | York Publishing Services, 64 Hallfield Road, Layterthorpe, York YO31 7ZQ. Free pdf version (1859352065) available: www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop |
| Keywords | Services ; Domiciliary services ; Nursing homes ; Care homes ; Long term ; Costs [care] ; Comparison ; International. |
| Annotation | Debates about the funding of long-term care are taking place in a context of major demographic change, a situation that is not unique to the UK. This briefing paper focuses on the options for funding long-term care, by examining arrangements in Australia, Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands and the US. The changes recently introduced in Scotland are also examined. In evaluating the experiences of these countries, this paper focuses particularly on: their equity; how far they offer dignity, choice and independence for older people; their efficiency and effectiveness; and their economic and political sustainability. As informal care makes such an important contribution to the overall volume of long-term care, attention is given to how this is supported in other funding approaches. The contentious issue of user charges (including charges linked to ownership of housing and other assets) is also considered. The study on which this paper is based was commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) Policy and Practice Development Programme on Paying for Long-term Care. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040519006 B |
| Classmark | I: N: LHB: KW: 4Q: QDC: 48: 72 |
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