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Support for carers of older people: the roles of the public and voluntary sectors in Sweden
- Author:
- JERGERMALM Magnus
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 37(7), December 2003, pp.756-771.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This study examines the support services offered to informal caregivers, whether directly or indirectly, in Sweden over the period of a special investment initiative between 1999 and 2001. Data were collected in a Swedish county using two separate mail questionnaires in 1999 and 2001. The first questionnaire was addressed to each municipality in the region. The second questionnaire was sent to a random sample of voluntary organizations in the area. The findings showed that only the municipalities provided direct forms of relief service, day care and financial support. The voluntary organizations' support for carers focused on support groups and training as well as services for older care users themselves. There was a significant increase between 1999 and 2001 in the number of municipalities providing information material and training for carers and using professional caregiver consultants. On the one hand, the Swedish public social care system appears to be following the international pattern in paying more attention to informal caregivers and investing in support services for them. On the other hand the findings did not show any growth in support provided by the voluntary organizations. Here Swedish welfare is dissimilar to other European countries, where it is increasingly common for voluntary organizations to play an important role as providers of support for carers.
Securing good care for older people: taking a long-term view
- Author:
- WANLESS Derek
- Publisher:
- King's Fund
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 310p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The report found the number of elderly people with high social care needs would increase by more than a half by 2026. To meet these needs at current service levels investment had to be raised from £10.1bn to £24bn, the report said. Because so many people were let down by the existing system, the government should go further. Means-testing for care like washing, dressing and cleaning must end, Wanless said. But he stopped short of backing free social care, suggesting a minimum care package should be topped up by personal contributions matched by the state. For a good but financially justifiable level of person care and safety, investment would have to reach £29.5bn by 2026. This represents an increase of 1.3% of GDP to 3%. Currently those with assets of more than £20,500 have to pay for personal care. Because of this means-testing and the focus on providing care in nursing homes, many thousands of people had been forced to sell their homes.
Securing good care for older people: taking a long-term view: summary
- Authors:
- WANLESS Derek, et al
- Publisher:
- King's Fund
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Place of publication:
- London
The report found the number of elderly people with high social care needs would increase by more than a half by 2026. To meet these needs at current service levels investment had to be raised from £10.1bn to £24bn, the report said. Because so many people were let down by the existing system, the government should go further. Means-testing for care like washing, dressing and cleaning must end, Wanless said. But he stopped short of backing free social care, suggesting a minimum care package should be topped up by personal contributions matched by the state. For a good but financially justifiable level of person care and safety, investment would have to reach £29.5bn by 2026. This represents an increase of 1.3% of GDP to 3%. Currently those with assets of more than £20,500 have to pay for personal care. Because of this means-testing and the focus on providing care in nursing homes, many thousands of people had been forced to sell their homes.
Long term care; the Government's response to the Health Committee's report on long-term care; presented to Parliament by Secretary of State for Health by Command of Her Majesty, July 1999
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Whose voices? Representing the claims of older disabled people under New Labour
- Author:
- PRIESTLEY Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Policy and Politics, 30(3), July 2002, pp.361-372.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
This article highlights some significant similarities and differences in the social claims made by groups representing older people and disabled people in policy debates under New Labour. Using recent policy examples, the analysis focuses on the claims being made by older and disabled people and the discourses, representations and strategies used to make them. The article suggests that there are considerable areas of common ground on which political alliances and common voice could be built, but there is also evidence of a tactical or discursive distancing between the two groups. These difficulties are interpreted with reference to the centrality of independence and paid employment within policy debates under New Labour.
With respect to old age: long term care; rights and responsibilities; the context of long-term care policy; research volume 1: a report by the Royal Commission on Long Term Care
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Royal Commission on Long Term Care, SUTHERLAND Stewart (chair)
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 324p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Volume one of the three volumes of research accompanying the report of the Royal Commission on Long Term Care. The remit of the Commission was to examine the short and long term options for a sustainable system of funding of long term care for older people, both in their own homes and in other settings, and, within twelve months to recommend how, and in what circumstances the cost of such care should be apportioned between public funds and individuals.
With respect to old age: long term care; rights and responsibilities; community care and informal care; research volume 3; a report by the Royal Commission on Long Term Care
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Royal Commission on Long Term Care, SUTHERLAND Stewart (chair)
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 104p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Volume three of the three volumes of research accompanying the report of the Royal Commission on Long Term Care. The remit of the Commission was to examine the short and long term options for a sustainable system of funding of long term care for older people, both in their own homes and in other settings, and, within twelve months to recommend how, and in what circumstances the cost of such care should be apportioned between public funds and individuals.
With respect to old age: a report by the Royal Commission on Long Term Care
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Royal Commission on Long Term Care, SUTHERLAND Stewart (chair)
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 224p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report from a Royal Commission with the remit to examine the short and long term options for a sustainable system of funding of long term care for older people, both in their own homes and in other settings, and, within twelve months to recommend how, and in what circumstances the cost of such care should be apportioned between public funds and individuals.
With respect to old age: long term care; rights and responsibilities; alternatives models of care for older people; research volume 2; a report by the Royal Commission on Long Term Care
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Royal Commission on Long Term Care, SUTHERLAND Stewart (chair)
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 352p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Volume two of the three volumes of research accompanying the report of the Royal Commission on Long Term Care. The remit of the Commission was to examine the short and long term options for a sustainable system of funding of long term care for older people, both in their own homes and in other settings, and, within twelve months to recommend how, and in what circumstances the cost of such care should be apportioned between public funds and individuals.
A fair deal for care in older age?: public attitudes towards the funding of long-term care
- Authors:
- DEEMING Chris, KEEN Justin
- Journal article citation:
- Policy and Politics, 31(4), October 2003, pp.431-446.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
The government has made nursing care in England and Wales free, while continuing to means-test personal care.This policy contrasts with the recommendation for free personal care made by the Royal Commission on Long-term Care in 1999.This article reports on a survey of attitudes towards financing care in old age from a representative sample of men and women in England aged 25 years and over.The majority of people feel that the state should finance care for older people.The article discusses the extent to which this is consistent with the government's position and the competing notions of equity that recent debate entails