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Article: Report calls for need to define free personal care costs
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- Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK)
- Article date:
- June 21, 2006
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The need to clearly define what makes up the costs of free
personal care were highlighted in a report yesterday.
A study by academics at Stirling University warned of a "lack of
clarity" on how the costs of the policy were calculated, which made
it difficult to predict costs and to decide what information should
be gathered.
It finds that issues such as the cost of assessments, the effects
of changing care patterns and improvements to quality need to be
examined more closely.
The report also observes that the bill for the policy has risen
since it was introduced four years ago, from pounds107million to
pounds153million, and is estimated to reach pounds227million by 2022.
But it also ...