File(s) not publicly available
Caretelization revisited and the lessons of Southern Cross
journal contribution
posted on 2023-07-26, 13:06 authored by Peter Scourfield‘Caretelization’ is a term coined to describe the process, in a substantially privatized care home sector, whereby large corporate providers have gained greater market share through the process of mergers, acquisitions and takeovers. It has been argued that this process has reduced choice and weakened accountability for older people as consumers and local authorities as commissioners. The care regulator has also had difficulty in keeping up with complex and changing ownership patterns. In an earlier article it was predicted that with market concentration likely to increase, such problems would intensify. Prompted by the market failure of Britain’s largest private care home provider, Southern Cross, in 2011, this commentary reflects on the perils of relying on a privatized and marketized system of care homes for vulnerable older people, particularly as the regulator appears powerless to take effective action in such circumstances.
History
Refereed
- Yes
Volume
31Issue number
1Page range
137-148Publication title
Critical Social PolicyISSN
1461-703XExternal DOI
Publisher
SAGELanguage
- other
Official URL
Legacy posted date
2013-05-21Legacy Faculty/School/Department
ARCHIVED Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education (until September 2018)Usage metrics
Categories
No categories selectedLicence
Exports
RefWorks
BibTeX
Ref. manager
Endnote
DataCite
NLM
DC