Cash for Care in Developed Welfare States

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 USA.