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Elias, Juanita, Pearson, Ruth, Phipps, Belinda, Rai, Shirin, Smethers, Samantha and Tepe-Belfrage, Daniela (2016) Towards a new deal for care and carers : report of the PSA Commission on Care, 2016. Coventry: University of Warwick/PSA Commission on Care.

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Abstract

Towards a New Deal for Care and Carers addresses one of the most urgent issues facing England today. The social care of older people has reached a tipping point – squeezed between huge demographic shifts and decades of underfunding, exacerbated by recent austerity policies.

There is a great deal of evidence accumulated – academic research, government reports, policy and campaign work – that has shown the extent of the problem and points to ways of addressing it. Often this evidence speaks to specific aspects of the issue – the impact on the NHS, care needs, personalisation agenda, funding issues or conditions of work for carers. Towards a New Deal for Care and Carers builds on many of these perspectives in a new formulation that focuses on 3 Rs - recognition, redistribution and representation. This allows the report to show how the issue of caring for older people cannot be separated out from the redistribution of resources in order to fund social care properly and recognition of the value of care work (paid and unpaid) so as to improve the conditions of work of carers. To achieve this we need clear routes of consultation to ensure that those affected by policies – both those who receive and those who give care - are involved in making important decisions about their own care and caring.

This report, commissioned by the Political Studies Association, UK, poses a clear challenge to the government to provide substantially improved resources to address the crisis of social care. As the report concludes, this is not simply ‘for economic reasons but to secure a fair and caring society where everyone gets the support they need, irrespective of their colour, class or creed’.

Item Type:

Report

Subjects:

H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare

Divisions:

Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies

Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):

Social service -- England, Older people -- Care -- England, Caregivers -- England, Older people -- Services for -- England, Social service -- Government policy -- England

Publisher:

University of Warwick/PSA Commission on Care

Place of Publication:

Coventry

Official Date:

1 November 2016

Dates:

Date	Event
1 November 2016	Published

Number of Pages:

Status:

Not Peer Reviewed

Publication Status:

Published

Access rights to Published version:

Open Access (Creative Commons)

PSA Commission on Care

Date of first compliant deposit:

3 October 2017

Date of first compliant Open Access:

14 December 2017

RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:

Project/Grant ID	RIOXX Funder Name	Funder ID
UNSPECIFIED	Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom	https://viaf.org/viaf/151866285
University of Warwick Impact Accelerator Account	Economic and Social Research Council	http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000269
Department of Politics and International Studies	University of Warwick	http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000741
Department of Politics	University of Sheffield	http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000858