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With respect to old age: a report by the Royal Commission on Long Term Care
— executive summary | | Author(s) | Sir Stewart Sutherland |
| Corporate Author | Royal Commission on Long Term Care |
| Publisher | The Stationery Office, London, March 1999 |
| Pages | 6 pp |
| Source | The Publications Centre, PO Box 276, London SW8 5DT. |
| Keywords | Health services ; Services ; Organisation of care ; Long term ; Finance [care] ; Reports. |
| Annotation | The Royal Commission on Long Term Care was appointed in December 1997 to consider the short and long term options for the funding of long term care for older people, both in their own homes and in other settings, and how the costs of such care should be shared between public funds and individuals. This executive summary presents the main findings and recommendations of the Commission: care costs will be affordable, as there is no demographic time bomb; the costs of long-term care should be split between housing and living costs, which should continue to be means-tested, and personal care costs, which should be available after needs assessment and paid for through taxation; nursing care should be free; a national carer support package to be developed; an independent National Care Commission to be set up to monitor demographic and spending trends, and set national benchmarks; and the limit of the means-test for payment of residential and nursing home fees to be raised from £16,000 to £60,000. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990309410 P |
| Classmark | L: I: P: 4Q: QC: 6K * |
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