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Rethinking social care and support — what can England learn from other countries?
Author(s)	Caroline Glendinning, David Bell
Corporate Author	Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF
Journal title	Viewpoint, 2335, November 2008
Publisher	Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF, York, November 2008
Pages	12 pp
Source	Joseph Rowntree Foundation, The Homestead, 40 Water End, York YO30 6WP. http://www.jrf.org.uk
Keywords	Services ; Social security [generally] ; Finance [care] ; Social policy ; Comparison.
Annotation	Social care is characterised by uncertainty, inequalities, lack of information, and has vitally important emotional and relationship dimensions. This Viewpoint draws on the experiences of other countries, and sets out a number of principles that should underpin reform of care and support arrangements in England. The authors argue that responsibility for funding and providing social care is a collective, welfare state responsibility rather than an individual, private responsibility. Examples from other countries include: a cash Care Allowance funded from general taxation (Austria); a social insurance scheme, AWBZ (the Netherlands); a long-term care insurance scheme into which all retired people pay (Germany); co-payments (Japan and France); and a Personal Budget scheme (the Netherlands). (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-090302014 E
Classmark	I: TYA: QC: TM2: 48
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