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Charging into poverty?
— charges for care services at home and the national debate on adult care reform in England | | Corporate Author | Coalition on Charging |
| Publisher | Coalition on Charging, London, June 2008 |
| Pages | 46 pp |
| Source | Download (4/7/07) from: www.ncil.org.uk Coalition on Charging, c/o National Centre for Independent Living, 4th Floor, Hampton House, 20 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TJ. |
| Keywords | Domiciliary services ; Local Authority ; Charges ; Social surveys ; England. |
| Annotation | The Coalition on Charging is a group of organisations for disabled people, older people and carers working together on charges to use care services. The Coalition received responses from 61 individuals and 31 organisations on their views on the impact of charges, in the light of national debate on adult care reform. This report examines responses on: people stopping or reducing services because of charges; financial assessments and essential living costs; choice, care services and charges; charges and government plans for adult care reform; "Fairer Charging"; and suggested improvements. The report comments on the "postcode lottery" element to charging, and the government's reaffirmation of "promoting independence, well-being, choice and control" in the light of survey responses. Findings suggest the need for immediate and/or interim improvement in: analysis of the impact of care service charges; the assessment of disability-related expenditure; local authority process issues; and how care services could contribute to national policy goals in relation to inclusion, well-being, equal citizenship and reducing poverty. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080707004 E |
| Classmark | N: PE: QEJ: 3F: 82 |
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| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
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