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Paying for long-term care: moving forward
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Place of publication:
- York
The UK lacks an adequate system for paying for long-term care. It falls short in three main ways: In overall funding levels, there are already signs that needs are going unmet. Without change, private individuals will have to foot a growing share of rising costs, and many will find this hard to afford. In coherence, multiple funding streams create confusing and sometimes irrational, overlapping ways of paying for care. In fairness, in terms of the way costs and responsibilities are shared, family carers often feel unsupported. Means-testing causes widespread resentment by taking away most of people's assets and income before they can get state help.
Living well into old age: findings
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Three samples of over 1,500 people aged 65 and over were followed up between 1986/7 and 1992/3. The study aimed to explore what is 'successful' ageing in terms of what sustains well-being and quality of life. The study, by the authors of St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College and King's College London.
Older people's attitudes to incomes, taxes and benefits: findings
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Older people's perceptions about their own incomes and their opinion of alternative policy options are not often referred to when considering pension policies. New analysis of the British Social Attitudes Surveys, by researchers at the Age Concern Institute of Gerontology, King's College London.
Future costs of long-term care for older people
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Long-term care spending in the UK would need to rise by around 315 per cent in real terms between 2000 and 2051, to meet demographic pressures and allow for real rises in care costs, if dependency rates, patterns of care and funding arrangements remain unchanged. On this basis, spending on long-term care would need to increase from about 1.4 per cent of GDP in 2000 to around 1.8 per cent of GDP in 2051, assuming a real increase of 2.25 per cent a year in GDP. This projection of 1.8 per cent of GDP in 2051 using the 2002-based official population projections updates an earlier projection of 1.6 per cent of GDP in 2051 using the 2000-based population projections. These projections are sensitive to assumptions about trends in life expectancy, dependency rates and real unit costs of care, as well as changes in patterns of care and funding systems.Public expenditure on long-term care is projected to reach around 1.2 per cent of GDP in 2051 under current funding arrangements and around 1.5 per cent of GDP in 2051 under a policy of free personal care with an assumed 25 per cent increase in demand for domiciliary services. The share of total long-term care costs met publicly is projected to be almost 80 per cent in 2051 under a policy of free personal care, as against around 66 per cent under current funding arrangements.
Black and minority ethnic older people's views on research findings
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
This literature review shows that: The numbers (and proportions) of older people from black and minority ethnic communities have risen rapidly, from 60,000 in 1981 to over 350,000 in 2001. Although the numbers have grown from being quite small, this is not a new area of research. The impact of ageing (in terms of health and support needs) happens at a comparatively younger age among many minority communities. Black and minority ethnic older people are more likely to face a greater level of poverty, live in poorer quality housing, and have poorer access to benefits and pensions than 'white' older people. Myths about minority ethnic communities need challenging: there is not necessarily an extended family which "looks after its own". Older people from different communities may share experiences of ageism and racism, but the circumstances of Chinese, Afro-Caribbean or Asian older people may require different approaches and solutions. As well as endorsing many of these findings, the consultation groups raised the following issues: Access to majority services for black and minority ethnic older people remains problematic. Barriers include language issues, knowledge of what is available, and the attitudes and practices of service providers. Older people felt that community-based voluntary organisations were more likely to reflect their needs; such organisations are, however, the least financially secure. Older people said that they had been over-researched, with researchers often asking the same questions (or producing the same findings) as had been evident 15 years ago. They did not want yet more research for its own sake. They wanted action that would bring about change and to be involved in decisions that affected their own lives - locally and nationally.
Public policy initiatives for older workers
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Older workers' employment patterns and their relationship to population ageing and pension systems are of increasing concern to policy-makers. This research investigated how policy-making towards older workers is developing in several countries - Australia, Finland, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands and the USA. The project examined a broad range of policy areas: pension reform, equality, social security and labour-market policy.
People with learning difficulties and their ageing family carers
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Despite the growth in independent living, most people with learning difficulties still live in the family home. As their life expectancy increases, a growing proportion will continue to live with very elderly family members, usually parents, and will survive them. Summarises the findings of a review of research, policy and practice on service provision for adults with learning difficulties living at home with older family carers and spoke with carers, users and staff.