A funding settlement that works for people, not services

Abstract

This article is about how to fund care and support for a growing, and increasingly diverse, population of older people. We ask whether it is possible to create a funding settlement for longterm care that meets four criteria. These are: fairness; transparency; sustainability (financial and social sustainability); and capacity to support the outcomes that people want and value. Can we create a funding settlement that starts from people's lives ‐ not service‐based assumptions?

Citation

Stone, E. and Wood, C. (2010), "A funding settlement that works for people, not services", Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, Vol. 11 No. 4, pp. 14-23. https://doi.org/10.5042/qiaoa.2010.0712