A fair deal for care in older age? Public attitudes towards the funding of long-term care
Deeming, Chris;
Keen, Justin;
(2003)
A fair deal for care in older age? Public attitudes towards the funding of long-term care.
Policy and politics, 31 (4).
pp. 431-446.
ISSN 0305-5736
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1332/030557303322439335
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English
The government has made nursing care in England and Wales free, while continuing to means-test personal care. This policy contrasts with the recommendation for free personal care made by the Royal Commission on Long-term Care in 1999. This article reports on a survey of attitudes towards financing care in old age from a representative sample of men and women in England aged 25 years and over. The majority of people feel that the state should finance care for older people. The article discusses the extent to which this is consistent with the government’s position and the competing notions of equity that recent debate entails.