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The homecare deficit
— a report on the funding of older people's homecare across the United Kingdom | | Corporate Author | United Kingdom Homecare Association - UKHCA |
| Publisher | United Kingdom Homecare Association, Wallington, Surrey, 2015 |
| Pages | 56 pp |
| Source | http://www.ukhca.co.uk/pdfs/ukhca_the_homecare_def... |
| Keywords | Home care services ; Costs [care] ; Regional. |
| Annotation | More than 500,000 people each week across the UK receive social care services in their own home (homecare), which supports them to live independently within their local community. This report uses data obtained under freedom of information legislation, to indicate the prices paid by councils in Great Britain and the Health and Social Care Trusts in Northern Ireland. for older people's homecare during a sample week in September 2014. Data presented as maps, bar charts and pie charts enables comparisons to be made at national, regional and local authority levels. The report provides information on the average price councils paid for homecare for older people; the numbers of councils paying their local providers sufficient to comply with the National Minimum wage (including careworkers' travel time); and those paying a UK or London Living Wage. It also highlights the risks associated with under-funded care, such as poorer terms and conditions and insufficient training for the workforce, which results in problems in retaining good quality care workers. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-150529008 P |
| Classmark | NH: QDC: 5CP * |
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| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
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