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| Estimating the cost of free home care for disabled people in Wales | | Author(s) | David N F Bell |
| Corporate Author | Department of Economics, University of Stirling |
| Publisher | Electronic format only, Stirling, February 2006 |
| Pages | 62 pp |
| Source | Download from website of the University of Stirling, email enquiries to: economics@stir.ac.uk |
| Keywords | Domiciliary services ; Physical disabilities ; Finance [care] ; Wales. |
| Annotation | According to the Family Resources Survey, levels of disability among those aged 65+ are relatively high in Wales, such that informal care is a more intensive activity than elsewhere in Great Britain. The context for this study is the Welsh Labour Party's commitment in its 2003 Manifesto to introduce free home care services for disabled people. The study discusses issues relating to the definition of disability that may be used for free home care; reviews the Survey of Local Authority Disability Services (SLADS); and estimates the costs of providing free domiciliary personal care. Although Scotland has already adopted a policy of free personal care for over 65s, this study concludes that the costs are highly dependent on highly uncertain factors including: the substitutions between formal and informal care; the level of unmet demand; the costs of privately purchased personal care; the growth rate of costs; and changes in life expectancy. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060404205 E |
| Classmark | N: BN: QC: 9 |
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