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Client satisfaction with live-in and live-out home care workers in Israel
- Author:
- IECOVICH Esther
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 19(4), November 2007, pp.105-122.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This study is based on face-to-face interviews with a random sample of 93 older people in Beer-Sheva. Those with live-in carers were more satisfied with their home care services than those with live-out workers. They were also more severely disabled and lacked children living nearby, although an adult child was generally available as an informal caregiver. Despite the fact that many home care workers in Israel, including virtually all live-in workers, are recent immigrants, communication problems were not found to have a negative effect on satisfaction with the service. The author speculates that this results in part from the quality of care provided by many live-in workers who have significant levels of experience and come from cultures (e.g. the Philippines) that honour and respect age. Further research is needed to explore a variety of findings from the study, which also raises a significant policy issue: that live-in home care workers, while cheaper than residential care, are beyond the means of lower income Israelis who may have to accept institutionalisation against their wishes. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Projections of owner-occupation rates, house values, income and financial assets among older people, UK, 2002-2022
- Authors:
- HANCOCK Ruth, et al
- Publisher:
- Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
This paper contains projections of owner-occupation rates, house values, income and financial assets among people aged 85+ in the UK covering the period 2002 to 2022. The projections have been produced by the microsimulation model CARESIM. CARESIM is a model which simulates the amounts that current and future older people would be required to pay towards residential or home care, should they need that care, under different charging regimes. The projections presented here are produced as an input to those simulations. CARESIM uses a sample of people aged 65 years and over drawn from the Family Resources Survey and projections involve ageing this sample. The sample is not ‘refreshed’ i.e. people under the age of 65 in the base year (2002) are not brought into the sample as they reach 65. By 2022, therefore, CARESIM projections apply only to those aged 85 and over. For this reason results for 2022 are given only for those aged 85 and over. Results for years between 2002 and 2022 are shown only for those age groups for which CARESIM projections apply.
Is there a trade-off between pensions and home ownership? : an exploration of the Irish case
- Author:
- FAHEY Tony
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of European Social Policy, 13(2), May 2003, pp.159-173.
- Publisher:
- Sage
It has been argued that, in countries with high levels of owner occupation of housing, home ownership can serve as a substitute for generous pensions for older people. Two possible linking mechanisms have been posited in this context, one focusing on budget constraints (high housing costs associated with home purchase makes the funding of generous pensions unaffordable), the other on needs or incentives (high home ownership gives older people material security and so makes generous pensions unnecessary). This article examines Ireland as a test case in this context. It finds no evidence that either of the posited linking mechanisms were present in Ireland. House purchase costs historically have been too low to constrain pension development, while the distributive benefits for the elderly have been too modest to obviate the need for higher pension income. However, other distributive effects emerge as important, particularly the positive historical consequences of inflation and low real interest rates for home purchasers of all ages and the implicit subsidy to home ownership provided by savers
Charging for care in later life: a summary of the effects of reforming the means tests
- Author:
- HANCOCK Ruth
- Publisher:
- University of Leicester. Nuffield Community Care Studies Unit
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- Leicester
Brief report on an analysis of the financial consequences for older people of possible alterations to the means test for care provided in residential settings and in people's own homes.
I didn't know you cared: a survey of Anchor's sheltered housing tenants
- Authors:
- RISEBOROUGH Moyra, NINER Pat
- Publisher:
- Anchor Housing Trust
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 80p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Results of a survey of Anchor Housing's sheltered housing tenants. Includes data on: the tenants; the move to Anchor; tenants views on housing provided; the housing management and warden service; income, rent and affordability; health, dependency and domiciliary services; and consultation and participation.
Age file '93
- Authors:
- ROLFE Susan, MACKINTOSH Sheila, LEATHER Philip
- Publisher:
- Anchor Housing Trust
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 67p.,maps,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Facts and figures on older people in the United Kingdom.
Social care: paying for care home places and domiciliary care (England)
- Author:
- JARRETT Tim
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Library
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 38
- Place of publication:
- London
An updated briefing paper which looks at how individuals are assessed for local authority funding support towards the costs of their social care in England for 2019/20. It provides details of upper and low capital limits for the social care means test for 2019/20 and Personal Expenses Allowance for care home residents. It also covers Deferred Payment Agreements as an alternative way of funding care. (Edited publisher abstract)
Will the cap fit? What the government should consider doing before introducing a cap on social care costs
- Authors:
- BARNFIELD Jerry, et al
- Publishers:
- Independent Age, Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 49
- Place of publication:
- London
This report looks at the impact that different approaches to introducing a cap on care costs could have on the amount older people would have to pay for their care, and on cumulative care costs. It argues that, if set at the right amount, a cap on care costs could bring clarity to the care and support system, help families to plan for later life and be clear about their own responsibilities to save and pay for care. The report models three different levels of cap: a £35,000 cap, based on the Dilnot Report; a £72,000 cap, contained in the Care Act; and the reports recommended all-inclusive £100,000 cap that includes the local authority rate, daily living costs and 'excess' top-up fees based on average care costs. It also applies these three models across different means-test thresholds and capital limits: the current £23,250 upper capital limit for state-funded care; the £118,000 upper capital limit in the Care Act; and a capital limit of £100,000 as proposed in the Conservative Party’s 2017 General Election manifesto. The research found that the government’s proposed lifetime cap on care costs for adults in England would not protect the majority of service users. The report argues that any cap should be set at a level that means people with high care needs would have a reasonable prospect of benefiting. It recommends that that the government reset the cap to an all-inclusive £100,000, including accommodation costs. (Edited publisher abstract)
A comparative case study of care systems for frail elderly people: Germany, Spain, France, Italy, United Kingdom and Sweden
- Authors:
- LE BIHAN Blanche, MARTIN Claude
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 40(1), February 2006, pp.26-46.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Comparative studies of European social policies towards frail elderly people typically focus on the systems and their implementation. The study presented in this article, conducted in 2001 in six European countries (Germany, Spain, Italy, France, the United Kingdom and Sweden) aims at comparing the rights of the individuals within the different care systems. The methodology used is a case study approach, which draws on a series of situations of dependent elderly people. The analysis focuses on the public authorities' responses – the care packages, which determine the type of care required and the financial contribution of the user – in each of the six countries, in relation to the concrete situations of frail elderly people. As local variations are important, in all the countries studied, local authorities have been chosen in each of the countries. This approach provides interesting concrete elements on the services and financial help which can be given to frail elderly people, and provides an understand of the national care systems organized in the different countries and the main difficulties encountered by public authorities in facing this problem of frail elderly people.
Family care of the older elderly: Spain
- Author:
- RODRIGUEZ Josep
- Publisher:
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 65p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Dublin
Describes the situation of older people and their carers in France. Looks at socio-demographic data, family structure, and looks at the carers themselves and the services available to them.