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Securing good care for older people : taking a long-term view / author, Derek Wanless.

Title
Securing good care for older people : taking a long-term view / author, Derek Wanless.
Author
Wanless, Derek
Publication
London : King's Fund, c2006.

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Additional Authors
King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Description
xxxiv, 310 p. : ill.; 28 cm.
Summary
The author examines the cost of publicly funded social care for older people in 20 years time, and means of ensuring the desired aims for older people (promoting choice and independence). He also examines the shortcomings of the social care system at present.
Series Statement
King's Fund report
Uniform Title
Report (King's Fund (London, England))
Subject
  • Social Support
  • Long-Term Care > trends
  • Health Services for the Aged > trends
  • Social Welfare > trends
  • Aged
  • Delivery of Health Care > trends
  • Long-Term Care > trends > Great Britain
  • Aged
  • Older people > Services for > Great Britain
  • Older people > Services for > Costs. > Great Britain
  • Older people > Services for > Finance. > Great Britain
  • England
  • United Kingdom
Genre/Form
Statistics
Note
  • "March 2005."
  • "Wanless social care review."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-310).
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also available via the World Wide Web.
System Details (note)
  • System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The origins and development of social care -- Patterns of need for social care -- How is the current system performing on services? -- How is the current system performing on standards and processes? -- How is the current system performing on outcomes? -- Who pays what? -- Workforce -- Informal care -- New influences on care -- The outcomes needed in 2026? -- How should social care funding systems be judged? -- Changing the way the system is funded -- Assessing the funding options: implications for the model -- Discussion and recommendations.
ISBN
  • 1857175441
  • 9781857175448
OCLC
  • 66416948
  • SCSB-12387410
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library