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The return of the family? — welfare state retrenchment and client autonomy in long-term care
Author(s)	Ellen Grootegoed, Diane Van Dijk
Journal title	Journal of Social Policy, vol 41, part 4, October 2012
Pages	pp 677-694
Source	DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0047279412000311
Keywords	Services ; Early ; Social welfare ; Family care ; Rights [elderly] ; Citizenship ; Social surveys ; Netherlands.
Annotation	European welfare states are cutting back their responsibilities for long-term care, emphasising 'self-reliance' and replacing care as an entitlement of citizenship with targeted services. But we do not know how former long-term care recipients cope with such retrenchment and whether they are able to negotiate support from their family and friends. Through an analysis of 500 telephone interviews and 30 face-to-face interviews with long-term care recipients facing reduced care rights in the Netherlands, the authors found that disabled and older people resist increased dependence on their personal networks. Despite their perceived need, most clients who face reduced access to public long-term care do not seek alternative help. They feel trapped between the policy definition of self-reliance and their own ideals of autonomy. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-121211004 A
Classmark	I: 4J: TY: P6:SJ: IKR: IKC: 3F: 76H
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