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The care crunch
— [Low earners and social care] | | Corporate Author | Resolution Foundation |
| Publisher | The Resolution Foundation, London, 2008 |
| Pages | 2 pp |
| Source | The Resolution Foundation, 2 Broomhouse Lane, London, SW6 3RD. Download at: http://www.resolutionfoundation.org |
| Keywords | Poverty ; Services ; Usage [services] ; Informal care. |
| Annotation | Research carried out by the Resolution Foundation demonstrates how low earners are caught in a "care crunch". This means that they are on "cliff edge" of care eligibility criteria, with around 70% of low earners likely to be ineligible for any state funding. Yet their low incomes (only just above those qualifying for free or subsidised care) mean privately purchased care can be unaffordable. Low earners are more likely to be informal carers of elderly relatives, with an increasing burden placed upon them due to local authority rationing. Cutting back or giving up work can have a huge impact on a low earning family's quality of life and future retirement prospects. This briefing is a summary of the Foundation's work to date. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100510204 P |
| Classmark | W6: I: QLD: P6 * |
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