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Ageing rural communities face increased social care needs to tackle loneliness and isolation
23 Jul 2013
The number of people aged 65 and over living in rural areas with social care needs is projected to increase by 70 per cent over the next 16 years. The largest problems facing older people living in the countryside has been linked.....
Care minister Norman Lamb announces funding reforms to protect people from unlimited care costs
18 Jul 2013
Care and Support Minister Norman Lamb has announced plans to help protect people’s savings and homes from unlimited care costs. The aim of the proposals, which will put a new cap on costs of £72,000 from.....
Care minister criticises ‘poor healthcare’ available to people with learning disabilities
15 Jul 2013
Care and Support Minister Norman Lamb has criticised the standard of healthcare available to people with learning disabilities and says more needs to be done to improve the treatment they receive. His plea.....
Government has ignored public opinion and the experts, according to disability campaigners
05 Jul 2013
Eligibility criteria for social care services has become a key issue of discontent amongst disability charities, many of whom are urging more political pressure on the issue before it is too late to influence reform. Complete.....
Charities criticise Government's 'unrealistic threshold' on who should get help with care under new eligibility criteria
02 Jul 2013
The Government has announced new national eligibility criteria for the first time, setting out a minimum threshold to be introduced in 2015, on who should be offered care and support by local authorities in England. Care.....
Care providers fear lack of urgency in Government commitment to helping older people
02 Jul 2013
Last week’s Spending Review included some positive announcements on the future of care provision, but has achieved little to reduce the current anxiety surrounding the well-being of the UK’s ageing populace. In.....