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Penalty charge
— [implementation of Department of Health guidance on charging for home care] | | Author(s) | Pauline Thompson |
| Journal title | Community Care, no 1537, 26 August 2004 |
| Pages | pp 32-33 |
| Source | http://www.communitycare.co.uk |
| Keywords | Domiciliary services ; Services ; Local Authority ; Charges. |
| Annotation | Many local authorities are adjusting their charges for non-residential social services to comply with government guidelines, and many older people who rely on this care have seen huge rises in charges. The author reports on findings with co-author Dinah Mathew published as "Fair enough" by Age Concern England (ACE) in 2004 of research into the implementation of the Department of Health (DH) guidance ("Fairer charging policies for home care and other non-residential social services"). Using the responses from 86 authorities in England, the research found that there are still large variations in charges around the country. Authorities which calculated the charge of a hypothetical service user charged from nothing to £103 per week. The research has reinforced Age Concern's view that it is fairer to abolish charges for home care. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040913201 A |
| Classmark | N: I: PE: QEJ * |
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