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| A fair deal for self-funders? | | Author(s) | Natalie Valios |
| Journal title | Community Care, issue 1768, 30 April 2009 |
| Pages | pp 24-25 |
| Source | www.communitycare.co.uk |
| Keywords | Care homes ; Domiciliary services ; Charges ; Social Services Departments. |
| Annotation | Currently, anyone with more than £23000 in savings or investments counts as a self-funder. This article comments that some councils are ignoring the needs of older people who fund their own care; but as the number of self-funders increases, campaigners are pushing for change. It cites evidence in the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) report, 'A fair contract with older people' (2007) that many self-funders had not received a care assessment, were paying more for care home places than those who were publicly funded, and were generally not being treated fairly. Not all councils have ignored self-funders: East Sussex has set up a Support to Access Care service. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090507203 A |
| Classmark | KW: N: QEJ: PF * |
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