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Gerontological social work research: current status and future directions
- Authors:
- MORROW-HOWELL Nancy, BURNETTE Denise
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 36(3/4), 2001, pp.63-79.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article assesses the current state of gerontological social work research in the USA and suggests future directions for the field. Argues that social workers are not adequately represented among researchers supported by public and private funds.
Getting personal
- Author:
- TRUELAND Jennifer
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 11.10.01, 2001, pp.9-10.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Reports on the tensions that are rising as the four UK nations get set to start payments for nursing care - and in Scotland, personal care for elderly people.
Extra care housing: capital and revenue funding
- Author:
- KING Nigel
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 4(4), November 2001, pp.24-28.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This is the second in a series of articles introducing ideas about extra care housing for older people. Extra care models and new 'retirement communities' are becoming an alternative to residential care and traditional sheltered housing. This article looks at modelling capital and revenue funding.
Demand for long term care for older people in England to 2031
- Authors:
- WITTENBERG Raphael, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Health Statistics Quarterly, 12, Winter 2001, pp.5-17.
- Publisher:
- Office for National Statistics
How best to finance long-term care has been the subject of considerable recent debate. One reason is that the numbers of people in England aged 65 and over are projected to increase by 60 percent over the next 35 years. The Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU) has developed a model to make projections of demand for long-term care for older people, to 2031. This article outlines the methodology and results of the model. PSSRU projections suggest that, under central assumptions, long term care expenditure will need to rise by around 150 percent in real terms over the next 30 years to meet demand.
A Fair deal for older people: public views on the funding of long-term care
- Author:
- DEEMING Chris
- Publisher:
- King's Fund
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 42p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report publishes the results of an opinion poll comissioned by the King's Fund to look at the public's views of current and proposed policies regarding the funding of long-term care. The poll was carried out six months after the government had published its response to the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Long-Term Care and were introducing a Health and Social Care Bill which included recommendations on the funding of long-term personal care. The two main recommendations of the Commission were that both nursing care and personal care should be free for all who need it. The first of these recommendations was accepted by the Government but the second was rejected. The opinion poll reports that two thirds of people questioned supported the Governments decision on nursing care but that three out of five people disagreed with the Government's decision to continue means-testing people for personal care. This result marks a change in public attitudes towards the funding of long-term care. Earlier surveys showed that only 25 percent of people in england and Wales supported the idea of free nursing and personal care. This number has now more than doubled and suggests that people are unhappy with the Government's policies and that a rethink may be needed.
Bed-blocking plan fails to please all
- Author:
- REVANS Lauren
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 18.10.01, 2001, p.20.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Finds out why the government's £300 million investment in social services for older people has received a mixed response from social care professionals.
Free nursing care: do the sums add up
- Author:
- PEARCE Jonathan
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 4.10.01, 2001, p.20.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The arrival of free nursing care in England has brought with it fears that the funding pot will need a fair amount of topping up. Checks the figures.
Ways and means
- Author:
- SHIFRIN Tash
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 9.8.01, 2001, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
'Free nursing care in nursing homes' - what could be wrong with Labour's commitment to elderly people? Its critics say the 'promise' is not quite what it seems.
Scotland's move adds mud to already murky waters
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Caring Times, March 2001, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Recent events in the Scottish Executive have once again thrown the question of long-term care funding into the centre of the political arena. Presents a review by the charity Care Aware, which says older people in need of care remain powerless pawns while the politicians prevaricate.
The pension credit: the National Pensioners Convention's response to the government's consultation paper
- Author:
- LYNES Tony
- Publisher:
- National Pensioners Convention
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 22p.
- Place of publication:
- London
From 2003 under the government's proposals, means tested income support for pensioners known as the Minimum Income Guarantee (MIG) will be renamed as the pension credit. As part of the new system the consultation paper proposed a savings credit changing the way in which entitlements are calculated.