To examine the short and long term options for a sustainable system of funding of long-term care for
elderly people, both in their homes and in other settings and, within 12 months, to recommend how,
and in what circumstances, the cost of such care should be apportioned between public funds and
individuals, having regard to:
- the number of people likely to require various kinds of long-term care both in the present and
through the first half of the next century, and their likely income and capital over their
lifetime;
- the expectations of elderly people for dignity and security in the way in which their long-term
care needs are met, taking account of the need for this to be secured in the most cost-effective
manner;
- the strengths and weaknesses of the current arrangements;
- fair and efficient ways for individuals to make any contribution required of them;
- constraints on public funds, and
- earlier work done by various bodies on this issue.
In carrying out its remit, the Royal Commission should also have regard to:
- the deliberations of the Government's comprehensive spending review, including the review
of pensions;
- the implications of their recommendations for younger people who by reason of illness or
disability have long-term care needs.
The Commission's recommendations should be costed.
The Commission is asked to give opportunity to all interests likely to be affected by its
recommendations to give their views on issues within the terms of reference, and in particular to users
and carers.
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