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Moving the goalposts — changing policies for long-stay health and social care of elderly people
Corporate Author	Age Concern England - ACE
Publisher	Age Concern England - ACE, London, September 1995
Pages	12 pp (Briefings, Ref: 2195)
Source	The Policy Unit, Information Services Division, Age Concern England, 1268 London Road, London SW16 4ER.
Keywords	Health services ; Services ; Long term ; Discharged patients ; Policy.
Annotation	Major changes have taken place in the funding and organisation of health and social care; and changes of provision over time have led to implicit changes in health and local authority responsibilities for provision of long-stay care. Although there has been no explicit statement of a change in policy for the National Health Service (NHS), many services are only available to people who need them, if they or their relatives pay for them. This briefing provides evidence pointing to the need for exploring new systems for funding care, so that the goal-posts cannot be moved while the game is being played. Older people should be able to feel more secure about how their long-term care is provided and funded. This briefing was written in 1989, but has been subsequently revised (to September 1995) to correct matters of fact.
Accession Number	CPA-980203227 P
Classmark	L: I: 4Q: LFD: QAD *
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