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Long-term care for elderly people in the UK

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 1999

Norman J Vetter
Norman J Vetter
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, Wales, UK
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Abstract

The recent Royal Commission report on funding long-term care was produced following more than 100 visits and evidence from 400 organizations. It was set up following concern at the costs of long-term care for elderly people and what was seen to be the anomalous position of elderly people cared for by the NHS in long-term beds, where all costs were found by the state, albeit that elderly persons themselves lost most of their benefits. This contrasted with those in the social or independent sector, where payment has to be made unless the elderly person is poor.

Type
Review Article
Information
Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , November 1999 , pp. 383 - 393
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 1999

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