Care revolutions in the making? A comparison of cash-for-care programmes in four European countries

Ageing and Society

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 455-474

  Timonen, Virpi ^a   Convery, Janet ^b   Cahill, Suzanne ^c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^c ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Care regimes; Cash for care; Homecare; Older people; Social care policy

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE IMPACT;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NETHERLANDS; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745242318     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X0600479X     Document Type: Article

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