In many developed welfare states consumers of social services are increasingly given money rather than services so that they can buy in their own care. Many governments consider this to be the future of care especially for disabled and frail elderly people. This book explores the implications of these trends, not just for the older consumers but also for the workers involved, through cross-national case studies from Austria, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the USA.
Whilst some schemes allow relatives to be paid as fully-fledged workers, some turn a blind eye, and others forbid it. Some schemes promote the social rights of care workers, whilst others do not. These issues are explored using new empirical data drawn from a cross-national study of elderly consumers and their careworkers. This study is a major contribution to comparative social policy, gerontology, the new sociology of work, women's studies and points to directions for the future of social care.
List of figures
Conceptualizing Cash for Care: The Origins of Contemporary Debates; C.Ungerson & S.Yeandle
Care Allowances and the Formalization of Care Arrangements: The Austrian Experience; A.Oesterle & E.Hammer
Cash for Care in the French Welfare State: A Skilfull Compromise?; C.Martin & B.LeBihan
The Commodification of Care: The Italian Way; C.Gori & B.Da Roit
Contracting One's Family Members: The Dutch Care Allowance; M.Pijl & C.Ramakers
Issues in the Development of the Direct Payments Scheme for Older People in England; S.Yeandle & B.Stiell
Mixed Blessings: Long-term Care Benefits in Germany; U.Schneider & C.Reyes
Consumer-direction in an 'Ownership Society': An Emerging Paradigm for Home and Community Care in the United States; S.Keigher
The UK; S.Yeandle & B.Stiell
Conclusion: Dilemmas, Contradictions and Change; C.Ungerson & S.Yeandle
CLARE UNGERSON is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at the University of Southampton, UK, and Honorary Professor at the University of Kent, UK. She is editor of Women and Social Policy: A Reader, co-editor of Public Policy and Social Welfare: A Comparative Overview and author of Policy is Personal: Sex, Gender and Informal Care.
SUE YEANDLE is Professor of Sociology at the University of Leeds. She is co-editor of Employed Carers and Family-Friendly Employment Policies and Line Managers and Family-Friendly Employment and author of Women's Working Lives: Patterns and Strategies.
Description
In many developed welfare states consumers of social services are increasingly given money rather than services so that they can buy in their own care. Many governments consider this to be the future of care especially for disabled and frail elderly people. This book explores the implications of these trends, not just for the older consumers but also for the workers involved, through cross-national case studies from Austria, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the USA.
Whilst some schemes allow relatives to be paid as fully-fledged workers, some turn a blind eye, and others forbid it. Some schemes promote the social rights of care workers, whilst others do not. These issues are explored using new empirical data drawn from a cross-national study of elderly consumers and their careworkers. This study is a major contribution to comparative social policy, gerontology, the new sociology of work, women's studies and points to directions for the future of social care.
Contents
List of figures
Conceptualizing Cash for Care: The Origins of Contemporary Debates; C.Ungerson & S.Yeandle
Care Allowances and the Formalization of Care Arrangements: The Austrian Experience; A.Oesterle & E.Hammer
Cash for Care in the French Welfare State: A Skilfull Compromise?; C.Martin & B.LeBihan
The Commodification of Care: The Italian Way; C.Gori & B.Da Roit
Contracting One's Family Members: The Dutch Care Allowance; M.Pijl & C.Ramakers
Issues in the Development of the Direct Payments Scheme for Older People in England; S.Yeandle & B.Stiell
Mixed Blessings: Long-term Care Benefits in Germany; U.Schneider & C.Reyes
Consumer-direction in an 'Ownership Society': An Emerging Paradigm for Home and Community Care in the United States; S.Keigher
The UK; S.Yeandle & B.Stiell
Conclusion: Dilemmas, Contradictions and Change; C.Ungerson & S.Yeandle
Authors
CLARE UNGERSON is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at the University of Southampton, UK, and Honorary Professor at the University of Kent, UK. She is editor of Women and Social Policy: A Reader, co-editor of Public Policy and Social Welfare: A Comparative Overview and author of Policy is Personal: Sex, Gender and Informal Care.
SUE YEANDLE is Professor of Sociology at the University of Leeds. She is co-editor of Employed Carers and Family-Friendly Employment Policies and Line Managers and Family-Friendly Employment and author of Women's Working Lives: Patterns and Strategies.
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