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Social care in old age: more than a funding problem
- Author:
- BALDOCK John
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 31(1), March 1997, pp.73-89.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
There is currently a debate about the future funding of long-term care for old people. Welcome as it is, there is a risk that the focus on finance will observe equally important questions about who should provide the care and what models of care should be chosen. Many years of research and innovation in the care of the elderly have shown that the effective and efficient provision of simple care services is very difficult to achieve. This article describes some essential characteristics of social care which make it unlikely that a solution to the funding problem will improve either the allocation or the outcomes of long-term care.