Cash for care in developed welfare states /
Ungerson, Clare.
Yeandle, Susan.
Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain)
Basingstoke  : Palgrave Macmillan,
2007.
"E.S.R.C., Economic & Social Research Council."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Conceptualising cash for care : the origins of contemporary debates -- Care allowances and the formalisation of care - the Italian way -- Contracting one's family members : the Dutch care allowance -- Issues in the development of the direct payments scheme for older people in England -- Mixed blessings : long-term benefits in Germany -- Consumer-direction in an "ownership society" : an emerging paradigm for home and community care in the United States -- Conclusion : dilemmas, contradictions and change.
Older people
Health care reform.
Social advocacy.