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Free Personal Care for Older People in Scotland: Issues and Implications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2007

Alison Bowes  and
David Bell
Alison Bowes
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Social Science E-mail: a.m.bowes@stir.ac.uk
David Bell
Affiliation:
Department of Economics, University of Stirling
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Abstract

Drawing on recent quantitative and qualitative research, we consider lessons of the Scottish policy of free personal care for older people. The policy is embedded in political debates about devolution and interacts with various changing policies on care and support for older people. Evaluation is complicated by these interactions and by gaps in relevant data, especially concerning costs. Operationally, policy implementation has presented varying difficulties for local authorities. For clients and informal carers it remains popular, but is part of a service-led model of provision which does not reflect their own views of their care and support needs.

Type
Themed Section on the Costs of Long-Term Care for Older People
Information
Social Policy and Society , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , July 2007 , pp. 435 - 445
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2007

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