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Spouse liability for a partner's long-term care costs: local variations in policy and practice in the UK
- Authors:
- WRIGHT Fay, THOMPSON Pauline
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 36(7), December 2002, pp.753-764.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Under the 1948 National Assistance Act a husband and a wife are liable to maintain each other and so can be required to contribute towards a spouse's care home costs. A national postal survey of social services finance officers showed that only a minority of local authorities pursue liable spouses. These authorities have often developed individual policies with widely different treatment of capital and income. Discretion is being exercised in the pursuit of liable spouses within these authorities. Social workers do not necessarily bring liable spouses to the attention of finance officers and articulate and knowledgeable spouses can either decline to pay or pay only token amounts. Only the unlucky and ill-informed spouses end up contributing. Such variation in the treatment of spouses is at odds with the development of fairer policies to meet the costs of long-term care.
All my worldly goods: a study of the operation of the 'liable relative rules' when a spouse goes into residential or nursing home care
- Authors:
- THOMPSON Pauline, WRIGHT Fay
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 59p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This research report looks at the effects of the "liable relative" rules relating to the spuses of people in long-term care. This rule allows local authorities and the Department of Social Security to request (and if necessary enforce) payments from spouses if residents in residential or nursing care receive state funding. Currently 11% of individuals in care homes (approximately 50,000 people)are married, of which 33,500 are estimated to be receiving state funding. The research examined current local authority practices by undertaking a postal survey of all local authorities in England, telephone follow-up interviews with selected social services finance officers, and interviews with a small number of spouses of affected by this rule. The research found that there was a wide variation in how this rule was implemented between authorities, and that it was often only the most vulnerable spouses, who through guilt and a lack of information, who ended up paying the most. The recommendations of the report are that it should be legally impossible for the DSS or local authorities to demand payment from the spouse of a person in long-term state-funded residential or nursing care.
Issues in community care
- Authors:
- THOMPSON Pauline, MARTIN Clive
- Journal article citation:
- Welfare Rights Bulletin, 125, April 1995, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- Child Poverty Action Group
Covers some of the issues which have arisen in community care in relation to social security benefits and charging for both residential and domiciliary care.
There may be trouble ahead: why occupational pensions and permanent health insurance are no substitutes for a state disability income scheme
- Authors:
- HOWARD Marilyn, THOMPSON Pauline
- Publisher:
- Disability Alliance
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 46p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Presents the argument for a state disability scheme in order to provide a decent income for people who are unable to work through illness or disability.
Government's pre-consultation: the case for change: why England needs a new care and support system
- Authors:
- HARROP Andrew, THOMPSON Pauline, LOWE Stephen
- Publisher:
- Age Concern England
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 31p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Key points and recommendations are followed by an introduction, a description of the state of the debate at the end of 2008, and detailed discussion of three questions: What more do we need to do to make our vision of independence, choice and control a reality?; What should the balance of responsibility be between the family, the individual and the government; and Should the system be the same for everybody or should we consider varying the ways we allocate government funding according to certain principles?
'Doing the right thing': the information and support needs of receivers and attorneys: report to the Public Guardianship Office
- Authors:
- RAY Sujata, THOMPSON Pauline, SHARP Ellen
- Publisher:
- Age Concern England
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 42p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Age Concern carried out some qualitative research on behalf of the Public Guardianship Office, looking at the information needs of Receivers and Attorneys. It focussed on the information available to Receivers/Attorneys at the time, and identified areas of improvement. This is a summary of the research report.