{"id":223,"date":"2011-06-09T00:01:02","date_gmt":"2011-06-09T00:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ssc.squareeye.com\/?p=223"},"modified":"2011-06-09T00:01:02","modified_gmt":"2011-06-09T00:01:02","slug":"stepping-stones-a-strategy-for-reforming-long-term-care-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/strategicsociety.org.uk\/stepping-stones-a-strategy-for-reforming-long-term-care-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Stepping-Stones: A strategy for reforming long-term care funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A think-piece looking at how reform of long-term care funding should be framed by policymakers and stakeholders, and what this means for how reform can unfold.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->This report has been made possible by the support of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nuffieldfoundation.org\">Nuffield Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Debate on how to fund older people\u2019s long-term care has tended to emphasise a simplistic menu of options, resulting in polarised positions among political parties, and preventing reform from getting under way. But the outcomes required of long-term care funding reform represent not one reform, but many, which vary in their complexity and the political sensitivities they may incur. Framing reform as a series of \u2018stepping-stones\u2019 reveals how many of the stumbling blocks to reform can be overcome, for example: the transition to a national assessment and entitlement framework; staged evolution in the shape of the state safety-net; and, a gradual transition from voluntary to compulsory contributions.<\/p>\n<p>This think-piece is therefore not about how long-term care in England and Wales should be funded, but rather, about how reform should be framed and implemented, i.e. what the strategy for reform should be.<\/p>\n<p>The analysis in this report shows how: widely different models of long-term care funding require some of the same policy changes and structural reforms to be made; seemingly large and challenging reforms can be broken down to a series of manageable steps; and, few models of long-term care funding have to represent fixed endpoints and can themselves be implemented and developed as stepping-stones in a longer process.<\/p>\n<p>The report argues that such analysis suggests the need for a \u2018stepping-stones\u2019 strategy for reform which: prioritises shared steps required by different funding models; evaluates individual funding models as stepping-stones, not just as end-points; and, proceeds immediately in areas where consensus exists.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Author: James Lloyd, Strategic Society Centre<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Download the report:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/strategicsociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Stepping-Stones-A-strategy-for-long-term-care-funding-reform.pdf\">Stepping-Stones &#8211; A strategy for long-term care funding reform<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A think-piece looking at how reform of long-term care funding should be framed by policymakers and stakeholders, and what this means for how reform can 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