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Model answers
- Author:
- IVORY Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 9.10.08, 2008, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Discusses some of the solutions that are being put forward to tackle the future funding of adult social care. These include social insurance and self-directed support.
A new state of independence
- Author:
- GOSLING Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Local Government Chronicle, Supplement, March 2008, pp.4-6.
- Publisher:
- Emap Business
The challenge of an ageing population is changing care provision. The author discusses how councils can respond to growing demand for services, in spite of budget cuts.
How will government defuse the demographic time bomb?
- Author:
- GOULD Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 22.11.07, 2007, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
With an ageing population, how can the government fund a system of long-term care for the elderly? This article looks at the dilemma and possible solutions in light of next years planned government consultation and green paper.
Financing later life: why financial capability agendas may be problematic
- Author:
- PRICE Debora Janet
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 19(1), 2015, pp.41-48.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the language and cultural assumptions that government uses when proposing policy reforms for the financing of later life, especially in promoting the financial capability of citizens. The author asks what the implications of this political construction are for society. Design/methodology/approach: The author examines UK government policy documents from the foundation of the Financial Services Authority in 1997 until 2013. The author analyses these documents to understand the discourses of government for the financing of later life, how powerful these discourses are, and what influence they have on policy and society. Findings: The paper shows that the government considers the promotion of the financial capability agenda to be a solution to structural problems in the provision of old age welfare. By controlling the discourse, non-market-based discussions of welfare are closed and any need for examination of the structural causes of inequality in old age is made invisible. The discourse prevents critique of the individualisation of risk and market provided welfare and service delivery, and failures of policy become the failures of individuals as both consumers and regulators. Originality/value: The financial capability agenda sounds so sensible and has enrolled so many different organisations in its delivery that it is rare to reflect on the cultural and political assumptions that lie behind these discourses. When these are analysed, the author observes that individualised discourses surrounding money and welfare in later life are so powerful that more collective solutions to issues of financial welfare are closed off from public debate and discussion. (Publisher abstract)
The Commission on Long-Term Care Funding Options: a roundtable summary
- Author:
- SOCIAL MARKET FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Social Market Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Reforming the system for funding older people's long-term care is arguably one of the biggest public policy challenges confronting the UK. The problems within the current social care system include geographical variations in entitlement, and limited availability of advice and support. Following the 2010 general election, the new Coalition Government announced in its Programme for Government document that it would establish a commission on long-term care, to report within a year, to examine options for funding reform. In response to this announcement, the Social Market Foundation convened an expert roundtable on July 12th, 2010 in order to draw lessons for the new body from previous commissions on both long-term funding and other policy challenges. This briefing summarises the discussion at the roundtable, which included members of the Royal Commission on Long-term Care, the Wanless Review of Social Care and the Pensions Commission. It provides advice relating to: the timescale, size and independence of the commission; engagement of stakeholders and the public; the production of an interim report; and political feasibility. It also outlines some issues that the Commission should address.
Careless: funding long-term care for the elderly
- Authors:
- FEATHERSTONE Henry, WHITHAM Lilly
- Publisher:
- Policy Exchange
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 39p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This “think piece” presents an overview of the issues surrounding the funding of long term care for the elderly in the UK. In part it is based on two public events on the subject. The authors begin by defining long term care and discuss the current arrangements. They then look at the need for reform, the political appetite and how this care can be paid for. Total spending on long term care for the year 2008-09 is estimated at more than £16 billion. The report considers what form change might take and suggests priorities for the coalition government and the new commission on the funding of care and support. The importance of asking the right questions in order to achieve consensus and a lasting solution is stressed. The report concludes that given the current reality of public finances, funding long term care exclusively from taxation should not be one of the options considered. Instead it is suggested that the Commission focuses on analysing how three specific models could be adapted in England: a partnership model where the state funds 50% of care; a full social insurance model as used in parts of Europe; and a third hybrid model with some state guarantees but where co-payments are required backed by insurance or annuity products rather than matched funding.
Options for care funding: what could be done now?
- Author:
- COLLINS Sue
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- York
This overview draws on JRF’s research from its ‘Paying for long-term care’ programme to examine other funding alternatives and improvements to the current system. It also draws on the practical experience of the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust care services to provide innovative examples from practice.
Do we have the means?
- Author:
- MICKEL Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 16.10.08, 2008, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Much of the discussion on the reform of adult services is about funding. This article discusses the importance of reaching agreement on what a social care service is to provide - for example establishing a minimum standard of care for certain conditions or support needs, or only funding care for the most in need - and looks at the variety of opinions.
A fair contract with older people?: a special study of people’s experiences when finding a care home
- Author:
- COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL CARE INSPECTION
- Publisher:
- Commission for Social Care Inspection
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 96p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Whilst care homes are improving the information they give to prospective residents, advertised fees for places in the same care home can vary hugely, sometimes from £650 to £1,500 a week, without a clear explanation of why some people pay more than others and what their money will buy. The report also showed that sometimes people paying for their own care can subsidise those people paid for by the local council, where councils negotiate lower rates. In areas without enough care services to meet demand, even those people moving into care homes who are funded by the council can be asked to pay ‘top-up’ fees to cover higher charges – as many as 75% of homes in some areas required a ‘top-up’.
The pressure's on
- Author:
- FORDER Julien
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.2.07, 2007, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
With a rapidly ageing population and a growing number of people with disabilities services are coming under more pressure. The author examines the evidence, including the Wanless review, for more money from the comprehensive spending review for older people’s services.