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Families in Ageing Societies: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach

Sarah Harper

Print publication date: 2004

Print ISBN-13: 9780199251162

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: July 2005

DOI: 10.1093/0199251169.001.0001

Social Care for Older People: The Growth of Independent-Sector Provision in the UK

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(p. 143 ) 8 Social Care for Older People: The Growth of Independent-Sector Provision in the UK
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Families in Ageing Societies
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Sarah Harper (Contributor Webpage)

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Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/0199251169.003.0009

This chapter examines the growth of independent sector provision of eldercare in the UK. It discusses the Labour and Conservative government policies that shaped the provider side of care markets. It highlights some implications of the growth of independent sector provision for the family.

Keywords:   elder care, independent sector, United Kingdom, social care, social policy

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