..., attitudes and practices of care of dependent older people have been interpreted in the light of the provisions of the Care Act 2014 concerning self-funders. The qualitative approach and the limited number of study participants are issues with the generalisation of findings. Originality/value Only...

... that emerged from a recent study into the care home review system in one local authority was that older people who self‐fund do not have this opportunity and that this was inequitable. This paper discusses the possible benefits of extending the review system to include self‐funders, together with some...