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Generational justice in aged care policy in Australia and the United Kingdom
Author(s) -
Howe Anna,
Healy Judith
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
australasian journal on ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-6612
pISSN - 1440-6381
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2005.00095.x
Subject(s) - kingdom , economic justice , politics , persuasion , balance (ability) , political science , theme (computing) , economic growth , public administration , economics , medicine , law , psychology , social psychology , paleontology , computer science , physical medicine and rehabilitation , biology , operating system
This paper traces the emergence of the theme of generational justice in aged care policy in Australia and the United Kingdom. Debate about the balance to be struck between inter‐ and intragenerational funding in the two countries took somewhat different courses before and after the crossover in the political persuasion of national governments that occurred in 1996–1997, but both continue to grapple with the question as to whether housing assets of the elderly are a resource for private, intergenerational transfers, or a source of intragenerational funding for aged care.