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A cap that fits
— the 'capped cost plus' model | | Author(s) | James Lloyd |
| Corporate Author | Strategic Society Centre |
| Publisher | Strategic Society Centre, London, September 2013 |
| Pages | 76 pp |
| Source | Download: http://www.strategicsociety.org.uk/wp-content/uplo... |
| Keywords | Finance [care] ; Services ; Social Services Departments ; Costs [care] ; Social policy. |
| Annotation | In its report, 'Fairer care funding' (2011), the Commission on Funding of Care and Support, chaired by Andrew Dilnot, proposed a 'capped cost' model of long-term care funding in England. The government has committed to implementing reform of care funding in England in April 2016. With less than three years until the reforms are due to be implemented, this report examines in detail the issues facing the 'capped cost' model, and identifies options for policymakers to fix these problems. These issues are organised sequentially relating to when, leading up to and beyond 2016, they are likely to be widely acknowledged, such as the non-availability of insurance products in relation to the £72,000 'liability'. The report examines issues around the operation of the reforms, such as the exclusion of private expenditure on Moderate needs. It explores why the 'cap' is not a cap, what the risks arising from this are, and what the government can do. The report concludes by assembling a range of options into an alternative package of measures that could be implemented in April 2016: the 'capped cost plus' model. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-131014001 E |
| Classmark | QC: I: PF: QDC: TM2 |
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