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May 23, 2024
How England compares to other UK Home nations
England’s system of means-testing for care of those who meet eligibility criteria is by far the least generous of the four UK nations....
May 21, 2024
Human Rights Breached
Older people are routinely having their human rights breached because of a failure to tackle the “huge” Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards...
May 20, 2024
Loneliness
Everyone feels lonely from time to time. But for many of us, particularly those in later life, loneliness can start to define our lives...
May 14, 2024
Personal Expense Allowance
If a care home resident receives local authority funded care, they will be allowed a weekly Personal Expenses Allowance. This is an...
May 8, 2024
Elder Abuse
It is estimated that 1 in 6 older people are victims of abuse. That’s over 16% of our mothers, fathers, uncles, aunties, grandparents,...
May 7, 2024
Doubts over social care charging reforms
The funding reforms which propose to place a cap on people’s liability for personal care were due to come into force in October 2023 but...
May 2, 2024
Could you be exempt from paying Council Tax?
With council tax charges rising its worth checking the situations when you might be entitled to an exemption. You won't pay Council Tax...
Apr 29, 2024
Care Fees Increase by 20%
Care home fee inflation has exceeded 8% this year across both residential and nursing care – and fees are up almost 20% between 2021/22...
Apr 25, 2024
The Cost of Caring for Older Relatives
One in 10 of Britain's middle-aged people are supporting elderly relatives with care, at a cost of more than £12,000 a year on average,...
Apr 24, 2024
More and more people dragged into paying for care
More people will now need to self-fund care as capital limits governing charging for care in 2024-25 will remain at levels set in 2010....
Apr 18, 2024
Social Services Agree with Care Providers
In response to the latest report by Care England, Anna Hemmings, joint CEO of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services said:...
Apr 16, 2024
COUNCIL TAX DISCOUNTS
The latest Council Tax bills have recently been issued and it is worth remembering that there are some circumstances where you may get a...
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