Detail An Age-old Problem; Care for the Elderly   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 399 no. 8735 (May 2011), page 63. Topik: Older People; Elder Care; Legislation; Social Services Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.66 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel Growing old may be preferable to the alternative but it is not without its problems: greying Britain will have increasing numbers of elderly, needy people to look after. On gaining power last year, the coalition government set up an independent commission to identify how to make long-term care affordable. Just as the commission is due to report, the problems it set out to solve are becoming more acute: another official body has called for the aged and frail to be given new rights to receive help, and cuts in central-government funding are forcing local councils to reduce the services they already provide. Earlier this month the Law Commission, which helps Parliament tidy up legislation, recommended that councils be given wide-ranging new obligations to provide care to vulnerable adults, replacing the current, patchy set of entitlements. Fine in principle, but where will the money come from? A survey by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, published the following day, showed that councils in England intend to cut spending on adult social care by 7% this year, although they hoped to achieve much of that reduction in outlays through efficiency measures rather than service cuts. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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