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| Financing long-term care for older people in England | | Author(s) | Raphael Wittenberg, Juliette Malley |
| Journal title | Ageing Horizons, 2007, no 6, 2007 |
| Publisher | Oxford Institute of Ageing, Oxford, 2007 |
| Pages | pp 28-32 |
| Source | Download only from: http:/www.ageing.ox.ac.uk/ageinghorizons |
| Keywords | Services ; Health services ; Long term ; Finance [care] ; England. |
| Annotation | During a decade of debate on how to fund long-term care, British analysts have focused more on policy developments in other countries than ever before. This paper discusses criteria for appraising opinions to argue that the objectives of the financing system must be considered in the light of the objectives for the long-term care system as a whole. The types of funding mechanisms discussed are private insurance (including private/public partnerships), tax-funded and social insurance models. Social insurance with hypothecation of funds is no longer part of the current debate, which now focuses on three types of options whose properties are described: free personal care (adopted in Scotland); the retention of means-tested arrangements in some form; and a partnership model as recommended in the Wanless Report. This paper agrees with Wanless that all three have strengths and weaknesses. Decision-makers have a window of opportunity to make reforms before the baby-boomers reach old age. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070813232 A |
| Classmark | I: L: 4Q: QC: 82 |
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