The views of a diverse range of social care service users on current proposals for funding social care are presented. The National Service User 2009 consultation, which involved a diverse range of older and working age people from different parts of the UK was reported in the government’s 2009 Green Paper ‘Shaping the Future of Care Together’ and is frequently quoted in this report. With sections entitled, ‘the demand for social care’, ‘options for funding social care – the three government options’, ‘failure to ensure equity and independent living’, ‘strong support for universal disability benefits’, ‘social care and health’, ‘funding social care through general taxation’, ‘complexities of funding’, ‘the value base of the Green Paper’, ‘new funding proposals’ (Labour/Conservative), and ‘next steps - securing funding for social care, the importance of improved public debate and supporting service user involvement in the debate’, this paper addresses how social care can meet the expected increase in demand, especially from older people, how a fair, sustainable and high quality service should be funded and how care should be delivered.
The views of a diverse range of social care service users on current proposals for funding social care are presented. The National Service User 2009 consultation, which involved a diverse range of older and working age people from different parts of the UK was reported in the government’s 2009 Green Paper ‘Shaping the Future of Care Together’ and is frequently quoted in this report. With sections entitled, ‘the demand for social care’, ‘options for funding social care – the three government options’, ‘failure to ensure equity and independent living’, ‘strong support for universal disability benefits’, ‘social care and health’, ‘funding social care through general taxation’, ‘complexities of funding’, ‘the value base of the Green Paper’, ‘new funding proposals’ (Labour/Conservative), and ‘next steps - securing funding for social care, the importance of improved public debate and supporting service user involvement in the debate’, this paper addresses how social care can meet the expected increase in demand, especially from older people, how a fair, sustainable and high quality service should be funded and how care should be delivered.
Subject terms:
older people, public opinion, service users, social care, social care provision, taxation, user views, disabilities, financing;