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Sharing in the nation's prosperity?: pensioner poverty in Britain
- Authors:
- GOODMAN Alissa, MYCK Michal, SHEPARD Andrew
- Publisher:
- Institute for Fiscal Studies
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 54p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
The government has redistributed significant resources towards pensioners with the aim of ‘abolishing pensioner poverty’. The overall 1997–2004 policy package directed at changing pensioner incomes increases them in total by about £7 billion per year, of which about £4.1 billion should have fed through to the latest poverty statistics. Resulting falls in pensioner poverty, measured in relative terms, have not been as substantial as some might have expected. The main reason why relative poverty has not fallen further is that the median income across the whole population has risen, and thus so has the relative poverty line.
Caring in later life: reviewing the role of older carers
- Authors:
- MILNE Alisoun, et al
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 63p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Recent legislation has recognised the role of family carers and encouraged the development of support services. Considerable research has been undertaken to identify the needs and experiences of carers in general but little specific attention has been given to older carers. This report brings together existing evidence and supplements it with fresh analysis of the General Household Survey 1995, to draw out the needs of carers over the age of sixty.
Effects of a community based early intervention programme on the subjective well-being, institutionisation and mortality of low income elders
- Authors:
- SHAPIRO Adam, TAYLOR Miles
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 42(3), June 2002, pp.334-341.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article examines the effects of an early intervention social service program on the subjective well-being, permanent institutionalisation, and mortality risk of low-income community-dwelling older persons. Those elders who received the intervention had significantly higher subjective well-being and were less likely to be institutionalized or die than those in the comparison group studied across the 18-month period. The results make a strong case for the importance of community-based programs to the well-being of older persons. Practitioners and policy makers should continue the search for community-based programs that are cost-effective and improve the quality of life for older persons.
Care homes for older people: facilities, residents and costs
- Authors:
- NETTEN A, DARTON R, FORDER J, BEBBINGTON A
- Publisher:
- University of Kent. Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 102p,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
This report focuses on the characteristics of homes and their residents in twenty-one local authorities, and on the relationship between costs and dependency. In the homes data was collected about occupancy, turnover, care policy and costs. Information on personal characteristics, fees, source of admission and source of funding was collected at an individual level from a sample of residents.
Monitoring poverty and social exclusion: Labour's inheritance
- Authors:
- HOWARTH Catherine, et al
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 186p.diags.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
Report presenting forty six indicators of the level of poverty and social exclusion at the time when the present Government came to power. Draws indicators from regularly updated sources, so it will be possible to monitor annually their progress from this baseline. Includes sections on: poverty and low income; children; young adults; adults; older people; communities; and an appendix on geographic concentrations.