By 2050, campaigners say. The number of older people needing care globally is set to to grow to three times the size.
“This report is a wake-up call to governments across the world about the immediate need to put in place more care and support” – Alzheimer’s Society UK
The government has said the £72,000 cap on elderly care costs in England, due to be introduced in 2016, will benefit one in 8 people and the government set out details about how it will work. Continue reading
An increasing percentage of pensioners are funding their very own care home fees as councils push increasing costs on to the middle classes, a study revealed yesterday.
Some 57 %of elderly care home residents – 231,000 – may be fully or part-funding their residential care, the largest percentage ever seen.
It has been reported that the amount of money that people will have to pay towards the cost of their care in old age is to be capped by the Government after a dramatic policy rethink by David Cameron.
The Government has reiterated its intention to cap care costs however we are still none the wiser as to what that cap will be with figures ranging from £35,000 – as recommended by the Dilnot Report – to a rumoured £75,000. Continue reading
