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Care in the Community

Changes in Dependency and use of Domiciliary Services: a longitudinal perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2008

G. Clare Wenger
G. Clare Wenger
Affiliation:
Department of Social Theory & Institutions, University College of North Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd, United Kingdom.
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Abstract

This paper reports on a longitudinal study of old people over the age of sixty-five living in rural Wales. Particular attention is paid to those who were over eighty in 1983, compared with the 1979 over-eighties. Whilst the findings demonstrate increased inputs of statutory domiciliary support with increased dependency, such support is clearly supplementary to the role of informal services. The paper shows that despite increased levels of dependency amongst the old elderly, levels of domiciliary services have not kept pace. Rationing mechanisms appear to focus services on the over-eighty-fives so that levels of support to younger age groups are essentially reduced.

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Research Article
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Ageing & Society , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , June 1985 , pp. 143 - 159
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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