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The NHS and long-term care: time for a new deal?
- Editor:
- ROBINSON Janice
- Publisher:
- King's Fund
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Productivity Commission Inquiry into Aged Care: a critical review
- Author:
- HUGHES Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Australian Social Work, 64(4), December 2011, pp.526-536.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The final report of the Productivity Commission Inquiry into Aged Care was handed to the Australian Government in June 2011. The report recommends a substantial restructuring of Australia's aged care system to make it fairer, more responsive to the needs of individual consumers, and more sustainable in the context of population ageing. The aim of this paper is to examine the context for the Inquiry into Aged Care, including some of the key drivers for reform, such as population ageing and inequities in the financing of aged care. It considers the major recommendations of the Inquiry and their reception within the aged care sector. It argues that, while acknowledging the necessity of a safety net and the needs of diverse groups, the recommended reforms continue to advance the neoliberal restructuring of Australia's health and welfare systems. The paper also examines the role and potential of social work in the context of the recommended changes, arguing that the transfer of recommendations into actual policy provides an opportunity for social work to argue its unique contribution and potential in the delivery of aged care.
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.
Securing good care for older people: taking a long-term view
- Author:
- DAVIES Bleddyn
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing Horizons, 6, 2007, Online only
- Publisher:
- Oxford Institute of Ageing
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
The paper aims to explain and evaluate two key features of Securing Good Care for Older People, the Wanless Report on alternative mechanisms for funding long-term care of older people. The first is the new elements of the methodology for evaluating the alternatives. The paper argues that more successfully than previously and analyses in other countries, these elements focus attention on what are really the core issues: the means and ends which are the unique foci of long-term care, and estimates of the consequences of alternatives for them. By doing so, the report faces the politicians and policy analysis and research communities with a formidable challenge, to master and contribute to the development of the new framework and evidence. Failure to meet the challenge will increases the risk that the policy system will reinforce rather than weaken causes of gross inequity and inefficiency caused by the under-funding of long-term care seemingly unanswerably demonstrated by the report. The second key feature is the type of funding model the Report recommends given expected changes in the balance between demands and public expenditure. It is argued that the report’s analysis as successfully transforms the state of the argument about this as much as about the framework, methodology and evidence for evaluating alternatives, demonstrating the relative weakness of models widely advocated a decade ago. Part 2 discusses how to build on the Report. It discusses the framing of issues and the analysis of evidence for each of the key foci of the report’s main contribution to evaluation methodology. Finally the paper discusses whether the recommended model would be the wisest choice given the environment likely during the next few decades.
Counting the cost
- Author:
- MORTIMORE Roger
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.6.99, 1999, pp.6-7.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on how although the Royal Commission's report was not unanimously supported by its members, whether the government takes up the majority report or follows the recommendations of its minority dissenters the financial implications are considerable.
With respect to old age
- Author:
- MURPHY Elaine
- Journal article citation:
- British Medical Journal, 13.3.99, 1999, pp.681-682.
- Publisher:
- British Medical Association
Presents a critical analysis of the findings of the 'Royal Commission on the Funding of Long Term Care'.
Long term care 2030
- Authors:
- LAPRE Freek, et al
- Publisher:
- European Ageing Network
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 60
- Edition:
- 2nd ed
This report sets out a vision for the provision of long-term care in 2030. At the heart of this vision is the notion that ageing and becoming old is not a disease but a stage of life. This has a number of implications for each of the following four areas: the future of ageing – there is an increasing need for care and support of older people while there are less possibilities for informal/family support; the future of the system and structure of providing senior care/services – characterised by budget constraints, increased competition and new opportunities for providers, and an integrated approach; future concepts of senior care/ services – a focus on ageing in place, a greater emphasis on quality of life, and technology innovations; the future organisation and leadership in elder care/services – in particular in relation to the workforce. Key implications include: older people and their families can decide about their care for themselves; elderly care must not aim towards quality of care but towards quality of life; the main focus must be on social support and services – health care is critical but should not be the dominant element in the services and support for older people; prevention is key; social care must be seen as an economic opportunity with job creation and technological and social innovations; the full array of care service are important in the current and future system – thus, we need home care, ambulant care, respite care and residential care and also other various housing models and support services; care providers must think outside the walls of their own facility and services but need to try to organise and manage a network that is integrated in local communities. (Edited publisher abstract)
Social care reform: funding care for the future: briefing
- Authors:
- GHEERA Manjit, LONG Robert
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. House of Commons
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 17
- Place of publication:
- London
This note provides a brief history of the proposals to reform the system of adult social care including information on the Coalition Government’s Caring for our future white paper and the accompanying progress report on funding reform published in July 2012. The note also provides information on the Government’s announcements made in February and March 2013, to introduce a cap on social care costs and a revised means test, effective from April 2016.
Delivering Dilnot: paying for elderly care
- Authors:
- BURSTOW Paul, (ed.)
- Publisher:
- CentreForum
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 55p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The aim of this report is to stimulate debate and draw attention to issues around funding care for the elderly. It takes the view that the Dilnot Commission’s proposals are “our best hope of reforming care financing in at least a decade”. and considers how Dilnot could and should be paid for in the fairest and most progressive way. The paper includes the voices of older people and carers directly affected by these issues. Also included are contributions from Lord Sutherland who offers a long term overview; Yvonne Braun, on behalf the Association of British Insurers, who sets out the crucial role that good financial advice can play in helping people to secure peace of mind for the future; and former Care Services Minister Paul Burstow provides detailed analysis on what level Dilnot’s cap should be set at, and how it should be paid for. Original research found that the argument for introducing a £50,000 cap for those with modest assets is overwhelming. The authors suggest that an additional annual pot of money, around £600 million, could be raised by establishing capital gains tax at death. In total the Treasury could save over £2 billion a year to pay for a Dilnot care system at a cap that would still protect those who desperately need it.