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Free Personal Care for Older People in Scotland: Issues and Implications

Drawing on recent quantitative and qualitative research, we consider lessons of the Scottish policy of free personal care for older people. The policy is embedded in political debates about devolution and interacts with various changing policies on care and support for older people. Evaluation is complicated by these interactions and by gaps in relevant data, especially concerning costs. Operationally, policy implementation has presented varying difficulties for local authorities. For clients and informal carers it remains popular, but is part of a service-led model of provision which does not reflect their own views of their care and support needs. Adapted from the source document.

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Additional Titles
Social Policy and Society

Key Information

Type of Reference
Jour
ISBN/ISSN
1474-7464, 1474-7464
Resource Database
Applied social sciences index & abstracts (assia) assia - exported on 8/7/2016
Publication Year
2007
Issue Number
3
Volume Number
6
Start Page
435-445
Language
English