More than 60 MPs have supported a call by the Alzheimer’s Society for a £2.4bn Dementia Fund to cover “unfair” care costs.
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Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock has said pensioners should not be required to sell their homes to fund their care.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said insurance payments for elderly payments could become the new “norm”.
Busy Bees nursery founder John Woodward and Care England CEO Martin Green say a childcare, salary sacrifice voucher scheme could be part of the answer to the country’s social care funding crisis.
A new report by The King’s Fund revealed that the social care system is under “immense pressure” with more people needing care but fewer receiving it.
Independent Age has called for the introduction of free personal care to eliminate ‘catastrophic’ costs on elderly people.
Four in ten people aged 55 and over are reining in their spending due to worries over social care costs, research has found.
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and Moreland House care home in Hornchurch have agreed to change their charging policies after a resident paid too much for her care.
The NHS funded nursing care standard weekly rate per patient is to rise by 4.7% from April 2019, the government has announced.
