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How can funding of long-term care adapt for an ageing population?
— practical examples and costed solutions | | Author(s) | Sue Collins |
| Corporate Author | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF |
| Journal title | Solutions: lessons for policy and practice, 2093, June 2007 |
| Publisher | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF, York, June 2007 |
| Pages | 6 pp |
| Source | Joseph Rowntree Foundation, The Homestead, 40 Water End, York YO30 6WP. http://www.jrf.org.uk |
| Keywords | Services ; Domiciliary services ; Nursing homes ; Care homes ; Long term ; Costs [care] ; Research Reviews. |
| Annotation | The current model of funding for long-term care in the UK is unfair, not clear, and is unlikely to be sustainable in the future. As part of research for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) Paying for Long Term Care Programme, detailed costs have been drawn up on the following possibilities for improving the present system: equity release; higher capital limits for care home fees; doubling the personal expenses allowance for people living in care homes supported by local authorities; and free personal care for more people in nursing homes. A more radical long-term change is also suggested: a constant rate of co-payment for individuals and the State. This paper also notes examples of practice which have been implemented by the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust (JHRT): a social insurance scheme; a bonds scheme; and a loan stock scheme. The paper also draws on another major piece of work by JRF, 'Caring choices: who will pay for long-term care?'. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070921002 A |
| Classmark | I: N: LHB: KW: 4Q: QDC: 3A:6KC |
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