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Free personal care in Scotland — a narrative review
Author(s)	Helen Dickinson, Jon Glasby, Julien Forder
Journal title	British Journal of Social Work, vol 37, no 3, April 2007
Pages	pp 459-474
Source	http://bjsw.oxfordjournals.org
Keywords	Domiciliary services ; Informal care ; Charges ; Finance [care] ; Social policy ; Scotland.
Annotation	The advent of free personal care for older people was a defining moment in the development of UK political devolution. After all the controversy surrounding the 1999 Royal Commission on Long Term Care, Scotland's decision to implement its main recommendations was a decisive break from Whitehall's approach, and seemed to offer a key opportunity to learn from the implications of this policy for an English context. Against this background, this paper summarises the origins, nature and impact of free personal care, providing a narrative review of the policy to date. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-070614204 A
Classmark	N: P6: QEJ: QC: TM2: 9A
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