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Bridging the gap — ensuring local authority fee levels reflect the real costs of caring for older people
Corporate Author	Bupa; Laing and Buisson
Publisher	Bupa, 2012
Pages	14 pp
Source	Bupa, 15-19 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2BA. Website: www.bupa.com
Keywords	Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Costs [care] ; Charges ; Local Authority ; Research Reviews.
Annotation	Over the last 20 years, the viability of care homes looking after publicly-funded residents has largely been determined by the decisions on fees made by 152 councils with social services responsibilities in England. Based on research carried out by Laing and Buisson in June 2012, this report notes that for the last three years of annual fee setting, local authorities have not raised the fees they pay to care homes sufficiently to cover increased costs. The current average is £477 per week; and local authority fee levels have fallen by 5.1% in real terms in the years 2010/11 to 2012/13. Based on the figures presented, the report shows that local authorities in England must raise the average weekly fees paid by between 5% and 8% per year (up to £42 per person per week) to enable care homes to operate to Care Quality Commission (CQC) Essential Standards. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-121018004 B
Classmark	KW: LHB: QDC: QEJ: PE: 3A:6KC
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