25 April 2007 | Julia Unwin, Director, Joseph Rowntree Foundation
People are confused about what they can expect from the state in helping them pay for long-term care should they need it. We now need a system that has much clearer entitlements. In designing such a system, we need to make some basic choices clear to the public. The most important question is: do we want to provide a foundation of state-funded care for everyone, or should state help go only to the least well-off? Read the rest of this article »
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25 April 2007 | Niall Dickson, King's Fund; Julia Unwin, Joseph Rowntree Foundation; Michael Lake, Help the Aged; Gordon Lishman, Age Concern England
We’re living longer, and as our population ages, demand for long-term care both at home and in residential settings is growing. By 2050 there will be twice as many people aged over 85 as there are now, and current estimates are that we will need to spend four times what we do now on long-term care. Read the rest of this article »
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25 April 2007 | Sir Derek Wanless, Author of King's Fund report on the funding of long-term care
Little has changed one year on from the publication last year of my review of social care for older people for the King’s Fund, except perhaps a greater awareness of the depth of the crisis. The challenges it posed have not been taken up with necessary urgency, and social care has missed out as attention and money have been directed elsewhere. Read the rest of this article »
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