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Rationing community care — CAB clients' experience of home care services
Author(s)	Liz Phelps
Corporate Author	National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux - NACAB
Publisher	NACAB, London, 1997
Pages	47 pp
Source	NACAB, 115-123 Pentonville Road, London N1 9LZ.
Keywords	Domiciliary services ; Grant allocation ; Citizens Advice ; Usage [services] ; Charges ; Community care ; Reports.
Annotation	This report demonstrates the ways in which home care support and services are being rationed and the consequences of this for vulnerable clients and their carers. It examines rationing assessments, restricting service provision, and charging for domiciliary services, and concludes that community care is falling far short of objectives outlined in the White paper, `Caring for people'. Excessive targeting of scarce resources on those in greatest need is leading to inadequate preventative measures in terms of support services in the community for both carers and care users, which may result in more costly remedies becoming necessary. There is an economic as well as a social imperative for ensuring that resourcing of community care is adequate to ensure its principles are met.
Accession Number	CPA-970514210 B
Classmark	N: QCG: PLLA: QLD: QEJ: PA: 6K
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