A think-tank report examined the 'capped cost' model for social care proposed by the Commission on Funding of Care and Support (July 2011). The key strength of the Commission's recommendations was their recognition that the private sector could not make a big enough profit out of providing universal coverage against the potential 'catastrophic costs' of needing long-term care, and that this role therefore had to be performed by the state.
This report seeks to provide: objective, impartial analysis of the recommendations of the Commission and their implications for families and care providers; supporting analysis of related policy issues that fell outside the Commissionʼs scope, such as Attendance Allowance; and, exploration of key choices
and options for the government as it prepares its response to “Fairer Care Funding.