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Care revolutions in the making?
— a comparison of cash-for-care programmes in four European countries | | Author(s) | Virpi Timonen, Janet Convery, Suzanne Cahill |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 26, part 3, May 2006 |
| Pages | pp 455-474 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org/jid_ASO |
| Keywords | Social security benefits ; Community care ; Domiciliary services ; Social policy ; Comparison ; Ireland ; United Kingdom ; Finland ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | Cash-for-care programmes offer cash payments or vouchers instead of services-in-kind for older people. This article describes and evaluates four such programmes, namely, Home-Care Grants in Ireland, Direct Payments in the UK (England), Service Vouchers in Finland, and Personal Budgets in The Netherlands. The purpose is to raise understanding of the background and reasons for the introduction of cash-for-care programmes and their impact on the countries' care regimes. It is argued that while the motives for introducing cash-for-care programmes in the four countries are similar - namely to promote choice and autonomy, to plug gaps in existing provision, to create jobs, and to promote efficiency cost savings and domiciliary care - the relative importance of these goals varies. Current programmes have comparatively modest coverage as compared with direct service provision; and they provide no more than an optional, supplementary source of care in three of the studied countries. Such schemes have not radically transformed the care regimes in Finland, the Netherlands or the UK. In Ireland, however, the restricted availability of cash-for-care might shift care provision significantly towards private provision and financing. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060511207 A |
| Classmark | JH: PA: N: TM2: 48: 763: 8: 76L: 76H |
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