The law relating to the provision of social services for elderly and disabled people is inadequate. A ruling which means that local authorities will be able to refuse to provide residential care to older people solely because they have a little money in the bank has shocked older people and thrown government policy into disarray. Calls for an immediate change to the law so that older people continue to receive the financial support they have been promised.
The law relating to the provision of social services for elderly and disabled people is inadequate. A ruling which means that local authorities will be able to refuse to provide residential care to older people solely because they have a little money in the bank has shocked older people and thrown government policy into disarray. Calls for an immediate change to the law so that older people continue to receive the financial support they have been promised.
Subject terms:
law, older people, policy, residential care, central government, care homes, financing;
Describes the work of Rene' MacKay who campaigns for better services for older people, runs local pensioners' groups and provides hands-on care to friends in need. The author talks to a women who knows exactly where elderly care is falling down.
Describes the work of Rene' MacKay who campaigns for better services for older people, runs local pensioners' groups and provides hands-on care to friends in need. The author talks to a women who knows exactly where elderly care is falling down.
Subject terms:
long term care, older people, social policy, social care provision, central government, care homes, community care;
Discusses how feelings are divided over the government's plan to increase inspection fees. Asks if it presents a minor cost or a major menace for care homes.
Discusses how feelings are divided over the government's plan to increase inspection fees. Asks if it presents a minor cost or a major menace for care homes.
Subject terms:
inspection, nursing homes, older people, central government, care homes, financing;
Argues that plans to privatise pensions will only benefit a minority of older people. The rest face an increasingly uncertain old age as the state relinquishes its responsibilities for their welfare.
Argues that plans to privatise pensions will only benefit a minority of older people. The rest face an increasingly uncertain old age as the state relinquishes its responsibilities for their welfare.
Subject terms:
long term care, older people, pensions, policy, private sector, central government;
Argues for the establishment of a Department for Pensions to act as a body to monitor the provision of services for pensioners with reference to the resources of the nation in general.
Argues for the establishment of a Department for Pensions to act as a body to monitor the provision of services for pensioners with reference to the resources of the nation in general.
Subject terms:
management, older people, organisations, pensions, policy, resource allocation, social care provision, central government;
Reports on how the recent social services White Paper announced a partnership plan for long-term care insurance. Asks whether this is really about meeting the care needs of elderly people, and considers what alternatives there are.
Reports on how the recent social services White Paper announced a partnership plan for long-term care insurance. Asks whether this is really about meeting the care needs of elderly people, and considers what alternatives there are.
Subject terms:
insurance, law, long term care, needs, older people, social policy, central government, deregulation, government policy;
Looks at the funding issues behind the government's campaign to end bed blocking.
Looks at the funding issues behind the government's campaign to end bed blocking.
Subject terms:
home care, hospitals, older people, patients, policy, residential care, resource allocation, social services, social care provision, central government, community care, discharge, financing, health care;
Argues that older people have paid for the welfare state for all their working lives, but are being let down when they need services most. Sets out what a new government must do to restore their confidence.
Argues that older people have paid for the welfare state for all their working lives, but are being let down when they need services most. Sets out what a new government must do to restore their confidence.
Subject terms:
home care, long term care, older people, pensions, politics, social policy, social welfare, social care provision, user participation, welfare state, benefits, central government;
Reports on how government proposals would force social services departments to sell off most care home and follow the NHS into a purchaser-provider splits.
Reports on how government proposals would force social services departments to sell off most care home and follow the NHS into a purchaser-provider splits.
Subject terms:
NHS, nursing homes, older people, policy, private sector, purchaser-provider split, residential care, social services, social care provision, central government, community care, health care;
Post general election edition including many of the concerns raised in the 1997 election campaign. Section 1 looks at current welfare policy and provision in Britain and section 2 examines international developments. Includes papers on: social policy under the Major governments; welfare to work; towards a learning society or towards 'learningfare'; the Family Law Act 1996; charging for community care; funding long-term care; issues facing the social services workforce; the experience of black workers in the social care workforce; the new boundaries of health and welfare in collaborative care; quality services in quasi markets; the relationship between social policy, its producers and consumers; the future of the welfare state; comparing welfare states; family-state boundaries in Europe; familism and selectivism in community care for the elderly - a comparison of the Republic of Ireland and the UK; social policy in Portugal; the welfare state and the Spanish socialists; and East Asian social policy.
Post general election edition including many of the concerns raised in the 1997 election campaign. Section 1 looks at current welfare policy and provision in Britain and section 2 examines international developments. Includes papers on: social policy under the Major governments; welfare to work; towards a learning society or towards 'learningfare'; the Family Law Act 1996; charging for community care; funding long-term care; issues facing the social services workforce; the experience of black workers in the social care workforce; the new boundaries of health and welfare in collaborative care; quality services in quasi markets; the relationship between social policy, its producers and consumers; the future of the welfare state; comparing welfare states; family-state boundaries in Europe; familism and selectivism in community care for the elderly - a comparison of the Republic of Ireland and the UK; social policy in Portugal; the welfare state and the Spanish socialists; and East Asian social policy.
Subject terms:
interagency cooperation, long term care, multidisciplinary services, older people, policy formulation, quality assurance, service users, social policy, social workers, staff, training, welfare state, black and minority ethnic people, central government, charges, community care, comparative studies, education, families, employment, financing;