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Free personal care for older people in Scotland
— issues and implications | | Author(s) | Alison Bowes, David Bell |
| Journal title | Social Policy & Society, vol 6, pt 3, July 2007 |
| Pages | pp 435-445 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org |
| Keywords | Domiciliary services ; Services ; Charges ; Finance [care] ; Evaluation ; Scotland. |
| Annotation | Drawing on recent quantitative and qualitative research, the authors consider lessons of the Scottish policy of free personal care for older people. The policy is embedded in political debates about devolution and interests with various changing policies on care and support for older people. Evaluation is complicated by these interactions and by gaps in relevant data, especially those concerning costs. Operationally, policy implementation has presented varying difficulties for local authorities. For clients and informal carers it remains popular, but is part of a service-led model of provision which does not reflect their own views of their care and support needs. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070709009 A |
| Classmark | N: I: QEJ: QC: 4C: 9A |
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