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Dec 16, 2024
Financial Crisis
The financial situation facing Directors of Adult Social Care is as bad as it has been in recent history. Adult social care budgets for...
Nov 27, 2024
Caring for the Carers
Research has found that unpaid carers aged 65 and over are worried about the health implications of caring, with 32% worried about...
Nov 20, 2024
Multi Generation Care
We are moving towards a four-generation society. Many people, predominantly women, provide unpaid care for one or more older person...
Nov 18, 2024
The Dire State of Social Care
Social care problems are among the reasons that the NHS is in a “critical condition”, a government adviser has warned, in a report...
Nov 13, 2024
Calls for Tax Exemption for Care
Prof Martin Green, head of Care England, has claimed that Budget plans to raise employers' contributions from 13.8 to 15 per cent...
Nov 12, 2024
The North South Divide
The disability-free life expectancy at age 65 ranges from 8.11 years in the North East to 11.0 years in the South East for females, and...
Nov 6, 2024
Council Care Funding
No details were provided by Chancellor Rachel Reeve, about changes to the limits on how much councils can raise council tax to help fund...
Nov 5, 2024
Carers Allowance Uplift
The Budget included an announcement that the weekly earnings limit for Carer's Allowance will be increased to the equivalent of 16 hours...
Nov 4, 2024
Not a Budget for Care
In last week’s Budget, the Chancellor has announced that the NHS will be getting an increase of £22.6bn in day to day spending, to be...
Oct 31, 2024
Life Expectancy Stalls
Life expectancy gains have stalled in England. Having experienced continuous improvement in life expectancy from 1890 to 2010 this...
Oct 29, 2024
Unstable Market
Care markets remain unstable, with many providers struggling. In the past six months, 65% of Directors reported that providers in their...
Oct 28, 2024
Ask our Advisers - Property Disregard
I own my own home and my 61 year old son lives with me. I am worried that he will be made homeless if I need to go into a care home. ...
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