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Too ashamed to complain
— cuts to publicly financed care and clients' waiving of their right to appeal | | Author(s) | Ellen Grootegoed, Christian Broer, Jan Willem Duyvendak |
| Journal title | Social Policy and Society, vol 12, no 3, July 2013 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, July 2013 |
| Pages | pp 475-486 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org./sps |
| Keywords | Services ; Long term ; Needs [elderly] ; Rights [elderly] ; Public expenditure cuts ; Case studies ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | This article examines how Dutch citizens with long-term care needs have used existing legal opportunities to respond to cuts in publicly financed care. Unexpectedly, most did not make use of their right to appeal the reduction or elimination of their previous entitlements, even when this led to marked problems in daily life. Thirty interviews with disabled and older people and their care-givers revealed that specific social norms on how to feel about the cuts inhibited the lodging of appeals. Given the new policy's stated intention of preserving care for the most needy, many affected clients felt they had no right to be angry. Despite their (often objectively warranted) grievances, they did not appeal, as breaking with the new moral code would trigger feelings of shame - of not being autonomous, of demanding too much when others are worse off, and of appearing ungrateful. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130712207 A |
| Classmark | I: 4Q: IK: IKR: WN8:5YD: 69P: 76H |
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