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Privatisation of residential care for elderly people: the data hare and the policy tortoise?
- Author:
- McCOY Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 3(1), 1985, pp.10-18.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Over the last 25 years, residential care for elderly people has grown fastest in the private sector but national policy makers have overlooked their own data. Current policy confuses issues of provision, subsidy an regulation. This paper argues that different sectors cater for different needs; and that privatisation has not reduced state spending but merely shifted it from local to central government. However, a more detailed study of the flow of clients is required before its value to elderly people and their carers can be assessed.