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Growing old in the countryside: national conference calls for action
- Authors:
- HUBLEY John, HUBLEY P.,
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged/Rural Development Commission
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Briefing paper summarising the findings of a national conference on services for older people living in rural areas, where unequal distribution of resources has led to lack of services.
Growing old in the countryside: resource allocation system and rural areas
- Authors:
- HUBLEY John, HUBLEY P
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 42p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report using government statistics to demonstrate how less money is made available for elderly people who live in rural areas than for their counterparts living elsewhere because it is assumed both that people in rural areas are less likely to need help, and that the amount needed for their care will be lower. Contains chapters on: life in the countryside; resource allocation systems and rural areas; the size of the older population; prospects for local government spending; social services and community care; availability of services for older people; health in rural areas; and improving housing.
Meeting the costs of continuing care: report of the inquiry and summary of the recommendations
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 84p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
Report of a committee of inquiry into meeting the costs of continuing care, established by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. The committee shared common values which underpinned their approach: everyone in this country, irrespective of their income or wealth, should be secure in the knowledge that if they need it, good quality care in old age will be available, with some choice on how it is delivered. The committee examined the issues and made recommendations under the following headings: the principle of entitlement; costs; the longer term problem and the need to act now; compulsory care insurance; private sector involvement; the rate for contributions; the public expenditure implications; procedures; a National Care Council; redistribution through the National Care Insurance Scheme; additional voluntary payments; the Government's proposals for partnership schemes; and adequate resources.
Entitlements and the elderly: protecting promises, recognizing reality
- Authors:
- MOON Marilyn, MULVEY Janemarie
- Publisher:
- Avebury
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 191p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Analyses the impact on older Americans of various options that seek to better target the 3 major benefit entitlements affecting older people in the United States: social security, Medicare and Medicaid. Looks at the economic status of older people; presents detailed descriptions of the 3 entitlements, in particular in the context of long term care; and details approaches to entitlement reforms.
Challenge on care: paying for care is an issue of fundamental principle not financial expediency
- Author:
- HELP THE AGED
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 14p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Looks at the arrangements for long term care in the UK today and presents some of the issues, including how it is to be paid for in the future, and the artificial divides between health and social care. Warns policy makers about selecting short term courses of action based on financial expediency alone. Offers an approach based on providing good care on a fair basis.
Meeting the costs of continuing care: public views and perceptions
- Author:
- DIBA Rebecca
- Publisher:
- York Publishing/Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 70p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Report exploring public opinion on the future funding of long term care for older people. Opinions were sought on: options for state funding; options for private funding; options for funding through the family; and mixed funding options.
Can we afford the NHS?
- Authors:
- WORDSWORTH Sarah, DONALDSON Cam, SCOTT Anthony
- Publisher:
- Institute for Public Policy Research
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 37p.,diags.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Addresses the debate around the growing burden on the NHS and the consequences of this in the light of the population's rights of access to NHS health care. The paper aims to present alternative economic perspectives on the funding of the NHS. Issues addressed include the ageing population, rationing, and the need to define a core set of services to which everyone is entitled.
Can we afford to grow older?: a perspective on the economics of aging
- Author:
- DISNEY Richard
- Publisher:
- MIT Press
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 354p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge, MA
Presents an up to date survey of the implications of population ageing in OECD countries relative to a range of specific interrelated issues including: social security schemes; employer pensions; educational attainment; wage growth and distribution; economic productivity; consumption; savings; retirement; and health care. Discusses policy issues around these.
Community care for older people: a comparative perspective
- Author:
- TESTER Susan
- Publisher:
- Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 225p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
Uses a wide definition of community care to explore the origins of policies on pensions and the financing of care, housing, health and welfare services, education and leisure for older people. Compares the ways in which such services are provided and funded in 6 countries. Identifies the key changes in the patterns of services and finds that outcomes of community care are unevenly distributed, that services are underprovided, that individuals and families are bearing greater responsibilities and costs of care, and that inequalities between social groups in access to care have increased. Concludes that a shift in the balance of political priorities in favour of humanitarianism rather than economic aims of community care is needed if integrated care for older people and carers is to be resourced and implemented effectively.
Public policy and the old age revolution in Japan
- Editors:
- BASS Scott A., MORRIS Robert, OKA Masato
- Publisher:
- Haworth Press
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 203p.
- Place of publication:
- Binghamton, NY
Looks at the ageing population in Japan and contains sections on: health and social care; work and retirement; and social policy.