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The planned roll-out of direct payments for social care will put vulnerable people at risk, campaign groups warn.
The Department of Health wants all adults in England to be given the money to manage ...
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Charities working with older people, carers and disabled people are up in arms after the Government has reneged on a promise to publish the financial modelling behind the care funding Green Paper.
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People may enter residential care prematurely under Conservative plans to insure older people against the costs of care home fees, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services president Jenny Owe...
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Commenting on the Chancellor’s Pre-Budget Report, Andrew Harrop, Head of Public Policy at Age Concern and Help the Aged, said:
'While protecting the NHS budget from the axe, the Government has ...
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Councils have been urged to review their adult social care assessment procedures to ensure they are not discriminating against older people.
The call came in a Department of Health-commissioned revie...
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Hundreds of thousands of pensioners with small savings are in for a benefit boost of up to £8 a week thanks to new rules coming into force next week, but millions of older people are still missi...
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Spending on research and development and public health promotions will be cut in order to pay for free social care, the health secretary has revealed. Skip related content
Andy Burnham told the Times...
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Councils are cutting recruitment and training budgets for social work and other social care roles as they grapple with recessionary pressures, an exclusive Community Care survey has found.
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The pre-budget report announcement that residential care will need to save £250m by 2013 could damage services, social care experts have warned.
Richard Humphries, senior fellow for social care...
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Source: Age Concern
Forcing older workers to retire cost the UK last year an estimated £3.5 billion in lost economic output‚ new figures by Age UK reveal ahead of tomorrow night’s T...
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Not everyone with critical care needs would receive free personal care at home under the government's Personal Care at Home Bill, published today.
The measure would apply only to those living at home...
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The future funding of adult social care was already a hot political topic before last week's National Children and Adult Services Conference. During the event the heat was turned up even further.
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Source: Community Care
The King's Fund has warned that reform of long-term care funding may be "kicked into the political long grass" after the election because of the lack of consensus bet...
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Director Anthea Cox warns policy will not help learning disabled adults excluded by eligibility criteria.
A learning disability leader has reiterated concerns that the government's adult care funding...
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MPs on the health select committee have raised concerns about the government’s funding models for a reformed adult social care system.
During the first session of an inquiry into the future of ...
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