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Rethinking social care and support
— what can England learn from other countries? | | Author(s) | Caroline Glendinning, David Bell |
| Corporate Author | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF |
| Journal title | Viewpoint, 2335, November 2008 |
| Publisher | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF, York, November 2008 |
| Pages | 12 pp |
| Source | Joseph Rowntree Foundation, The Homestead, 40 Water End, York YO30 6WP. http://www.jrf.org.uk |
| Keywords | Services ; Social security [generally] ; Finance [care] ; Social policy ; Comparison. |
| Annotation | Social care is characterised by uncertainty, inequalities, lack of information, and has vitally important emotional and relationship dimensions. This Viewpoint draws on the experiences of other countries, and sets out a number of principles that should underpin reform of care and support arrangements in England. The authors argue that responsibility for funding and providing social care is a collective, welfare state responsibility rather than an individual, private responsibility. Examples from other countries include: a cash Care Allowance funded from general taxation (Austria); a social insurance scheme, AWBZ (the Netherlands); a long-term care insurance scheme into which all retired people pay (Germany); co-payments (Japan and France); and a Personal Budget scheme (the Netherlands). (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090302014 E |
| Classmark | I: TYA: QC: TM2: 48 |
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