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Elderly people are facing a “care crisis” as Councils cut funding for residential homes. Social Care budgets are being slashed by an average of 6.6 per cent and prices for services such as home help are going up, a survey by the Commons health select committee found.Four out of five councils...
Supermarket workers are being trained to identify carers of elderly or disabled people under a new Government supported scheme. Sainsbury's workers will give information about local carers services to people doing two lots of shopping at once, or collecting other people's prescriptions....
Bills faced by families in England for caring for the elderly should be capped at £35,000 an official inquiry is set to tell ministers, the BBC understands. The proposal could stop thousands of people having to sell their house or lose all their savings, says the BBC's political editor Nick...
A new national care system would set out for the first time the basic support that every council in England and Wales must offer for adults who are frail or disabled.The move would stop local authorities attempting to save money by cutting home-help services and care home places for all...
Looking after our elderly is a costly and complex challenge – and it's only going to get harder. Home visiting has been promoted as preferable and cheaper than residential care. But is 15 minutes a day enough? Amelia Gentleman joins carers on their rounds"You'll never have seen something like...
THE future of four care homes in Harrow and Brent is uncertain as their corporate owner fights for survival. Southern Cross, the UK's biggest care home provider, has asked the landlord of about half its 750 properties to defer their rent for four months. About 350 elderly residents of homes in...
New dementia home has a thoroughly modern take Photo Neil Cross Nicolla Bishop at Coniston House, a new care home for people with dementia Published on Sunday 29 May 2011 09:00 A Chorley woman will show off her bold new vision of dementia care to the public. Coniston House, on Coniston Road, has...
There is a North-South divide in spending on social care in England following the government's Spending Review, BBC research suggests. The Council Spending: Making it Clear survey looked at planned expenditure of 76% of councils in England. Adult social care spending will fall by an estimated 4.7...
Plans by banks to eventually phase out the use of cheques are going to be re-examined by a committee of MPs. The Treasury Committee said it would reopen its enquiry because of continued public disquiet. The banking industry said in 2009 that cheques would stop being used by 2018, if suitable...
The number of councils in England cutting back on free adult social care has increased by 13% this year, a survey has suggested. The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services study found just 26 out of 148 councils would fund people in "moderate" or "low" need, down from 41. The moves...
