12 Week Disregard
The value of your interest in a property can be disregarded in the financial assessment for the first 12-weeks if your other assets are...
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Jul 9
Challenges for the Next Government
The next government should take forward reform of the Mental Health Act 1983 and implementation of the Liberty Protection Safeguards in...
Jul 8
Financial Abuse of the Elderly
Financial abuse is where someone in a position of trust interferes in an older person’s ability to acquire, use or maintain their...
Jul 4
Call for Cross Party Care Plan
More than 50 organisations and 24,000 people have signed an open letter calling on political parties to do more to support the social...
Jul 3
Care Funding Black Hole
A leading think tank has warned of a £4bn “hole” in our social care plans. Four years ago the Conservative government announced a plan...
Jul 2
Election Debate on Care
The care system has been among the issues most commonly raised by people contacting the BBC's Your Voice Your Vote during the election...
Jul 1
Social Care and the Election
The main parties have made their social care plans clear. The Liberal Democrats have pledged an £8bn package for health and care...
Jun 27
Significant risks to reforms
The National Audit Office identified “significant risks” to the Department of Health and Social Care’s capacity to deliver the reforms to...
Jun 25
Carers Allowance
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that nearly 135,000 people had an outstanding debt due to overpayments of...
Jun 24
Reforms for 2025
Labour is still committed to implementing the cap on care costs and related reforms to adult social care charging, according to Shadow...
Jun 21
Memory Issues
As we get older, most of us experience some memory problems now and again. Being forgetful or getting confused doesn’t necessarily mean...
Jun 20
The Care Act is 10 Years Old
In a report to mark the tenth anniversary to it becoming law, the Local Government Association claims it has laid a foundation for...
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