The potential impact of changes in public funding for residential and nursing-home care in the United Kingdom: The residential allowance

Ageing and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-180

  Clarkson, Paul ^a   Hughes, Jane ^a   Challis, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balance of care; Care homes; Old age; Public funding

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 15944405703     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X04002582     Document Type: Article

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