Posted in News on Feb 12th, 2010
The Prime Minister has announced that the Personal Care at Home bill will be extended to provide people aged 65+ with six weeks of free home care after they have left hospital or residential care, or after they have suffered an illness or injury at home. This type of care, often referred to as ‘intermediate [...]
Posted in News on Jan 26th, 2010
The Independent has published an article giving practical advice for people needing to arrange home or residential care for a relative. The article points out that January is a peak time for this to happen, as ‘…many families discover at their Christmas reunions that an older relative is struggling to cope.’ It gives details of [...]
Posted in News on Oct 2nd, 2009
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced Labour plans to make personal care free for all elderly people with ‘the highest needs’, regardless of their means. Speaking at Labour’s annual conference, Mr Brown stated that: ‘The people who face the greatest burden are too often those on middle incomes, who have savings which will last [...]
Posted in News on Jul 27th, 2009
Further to the publication of the social care Green Paper, the House of Commons has set up a select committee to investigate ways that residential and domiciliary care will be provided and funded in future. It will also look at how social care services can be personalised, so that individuals have greater control over [...]
Posted in News on Jun 29th, 2009
The NHS Information Centre has published a report showing that in 2007-2008, the number of people receiving local authority-funded residential care fell, whilst the number receiving community care services – such as domiciliary care – increased. Entitled ‘Community Care Statistics 2007/8: Referrals, Assessments and Packages of Care for Adults, England’, the report is based [...]
Posted in News on May 6th, 2009
The Publicnet website has published the results of a study which looks at the pros and cons of moving into a care home. In particular, the study focuses on the comparative costs of staying at home and of moving into ‘extra-care housing’. Overall, the results indicate that although it is more expensive for [...]
