Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
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J R Soc Med
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Comparative Study
Funding health and social services for older people - a qualitative study of care recipients in the last year of life.
This study explores the views of older adults who are receiving health and social care at the end of their lives, on how services should be funded, and describes their health-related expenditure. ⋯ There is a gap between the health and social care system that older adults expect and what may be provided by a reformed welfare state at a time of financial stringencies. The values that underpinned the views expressed--mutuality, care for the most needy, and the importance of working to contribute to society--are an important contribution to the debate on welfare funding.