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| Old age, consumerism and the social care market | | Author(s) | John Baldock |
| Corporate Author | Social Policy Association |
| Journal title | IN: Social Policy Review 10; edited by Edward Brunsdon, Hartley Dean, Roberta Woods, 1998 |
| Publisher | Social Policy Association, London, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 165-182 |
| Source | Social Policy Association, London Guildhall University, London E1 7NT. |
| Keywords | Community care ; Management [care] ; Finance [care] ; Awareness [services] ; Consumer ; Income [older people] ; Social policy. |
| Annotation | This account of current long-term care provision for older people indicates that Labour's innovative approach to primary health care is not being matched in social care. The statistics presented in this article point to growing inequalities in pensioners' incomes since 1979. Without substantial reform to the pensions system in the UK, many people will not be able to afford the social care services they will be expected to purchase. As for the concept of the "social care market", it appears to have insinuated itself into the policy vocabulary, and can be linked to earlier concepts such as "welfare pluralism" and the "mixed economy of welfare". It may be, though, that services might be considered from the perspective of the consumer, with users feeling empowered: much depends on whether they will have any choice in the "new consumerism". (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990223205 A |
| Classmark | PA: QA: QC: QLA: WY: JF: TM2 |
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