The impact of postponement of reforms to long-term care financing in England

Ruth Hancock, Marcello Morciano, Ferran Espuny Pujol, Raphael Wittenberg, John Adams, The CASPeR Study Team

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Abstract

The delay in the introduction of a lifetime cap on spending on long-term care will result in single and widowed homeowners with modest incomes who need care now or in the near future having to use up twice as much of their capital to pay for their care.
Original languageEnglish
Typeeprint LSE library
Media of outputblog
PublisherLondon School of Economics (LSE)
Number of pages2
Place of PublicationLSE library
Publication statusPublished - 16 May 2017

Keywords

  • Long Term Care
  • CASPER
  • health and social care
  • reform postponement

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