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Developing social care policy: the public voice
- Authors:
- GRAY Ann Marie, DOWDS Lizanne, DEVINE Paula
- Publisher:
- Economic and Social Research Council
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Swindon
Using data from the 2010 Northern Ireland Life and Times (NILT) Survey, this briefing paper explores what kind of social care adults in Northern Ireland want and how they feel about their own future social care provision. The survey asked for views on five different ways of paying for social care, dependant on level of income; what preparations people had made for meeting financial aspects of care by age; and their views on moving into residential care by age. The survey found support for a model of funding similar to that proposed by Dilnot whereby the state should pay for a basic level of care with the remainder being means tested. Most people would like to be able to have their care needs met at home, had a distrust of the private sector in the delivery of care. The majority of respondents, 81 per cent of NILT respondents felt that social care systems should be the same across the UK.