This article assesses the extent to which it is ‘fair’ for the government to require owner-occupiers to draw on the equity accumulated in their home to fund their social care costs. The question is stimulated by the report of the Commission on Funding of Care and Support, Fairer Care Funding (the Dilnot Commission) and the subsequent Care Act 2014. The enquiry is located within the framework of social citizenship and the new social contract. It argues that the individualistic, contractarian approach, exemplified by the Dilnot Commission and reflected in the Act, raises questions when considered from the perspective of intergenerational fairness. We argue that our concerns with the Act could be addressed by inculcating an expectation of draw...
This paper examines the potential of home ownership to protect households from poverty after retirem...
In May 2016 the Housing and Planning Act 2016 became law, the first purely Conservative government i...
This paper reflects on the different faces of asset-based welfare from both a theoretical and an emp...
This article assesses the extent to which it is ‘fair’ for the government to require owner-occupiers...
This article assesses the possible impact of the Care Act 2014 on the provision of social care for e...
The importance of developing a system that is perceived to be ?fair? is a central element in debates...
In many countries, the demographic shift towards an ageing population is occurring against a backdro...
In many countries, the demographic shift towards an ageing population is occurring against a backdro...
The ageing English population is likely to generate increased demand for social care, which “support...
Unlike healthcare, generally provided free at the point of delivery in England, social care for elde...
The transition of the baby boomer bulge into old age and their increasing longevity will lift the nu...
This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in [British Jou...
With the number of U.K. citizens aged 75+ doubling to 10 million by 2040, and with 1.3 million peopl...
This paper conceptualises housing wealth and welfare across the life course. Drawing from the empiri...
The legal, policy and economic issues associated with pension provision, care and dignity in old age...
This paper examines the potential of home ownership to protect households from poverty after retirem...
In May 2016 the Housing and Planning Act 2016 became law, the first purely Conservative government i...
This paper reflects on the different faces of asset-based welfare from both a theoretical and an emp...
This article assesses the extent to which it is ‘fair’ for the government to require owner-occupiers...
This article assesses the possible impact of the Care Act 2014 on the provision of social care for e...
The importance of developing a system that is perceived to be ?fair? is a central element in debates...
In many countries, the demographic shift towards an ageing population is occurring against a backdro...
In many countries, the demographic shift towards an ageing population is occurring against a backdro...
The ageing English population is likely to generate increased demand for social care, which “support...
Unlike healthcare, generally provided free at the point of delivery in England, social care for elde...
The transition of the baby boomer bulge into old age and their increasing longevity will lift the nu...
This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in [British Jou...
With the number of U.K. citizens aged 75+ doubling to 10 million by 2040, and with 1.3 million peopl...
This paper conceptualises housing wealth and welfare across the life course. Drawing from the empiri...
The legal, policy and economic issues associated with pension provision, care and dignity in old age...
This paper examines the potential of home ownership to protect households from poverty after retirem...
In May 2016 the Housing and Planning Act 2016 became law, the first purely Conservative government i...
This paper reflects on the different faces of asset-based welfare from both a theoretical and an emp...