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Who cares?
- Author:
- EASTERBROOK Lorna
- Journal article citation:
- Community Practitioner, 73(7), July 2000, pp.674-675.
- Publisher:
- Community Practitioners' and Health Visitors' Association
Within a decade, Britain is projected to have more pensioners than children. The author, from the King's Fund, considers the implications for long-term care.
Friday is pay day: a study of the personal expenses allowance for older people in residential and nursing homes
- Author:
- EASTERBROOK Lorna
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 15p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The personal expenses allowance is the amount of income ignored in the means test for residential and nursing home care and is left available for residents to spend on other items. It is set by parliament and is currently £16.05 per week.