More Questions About the Sustainability of Elderly Home Care / Social Care (BBC News / Age UK / Unison)

Summary

An Age UK review indicates that cuts to social care in England mean that hundreds of thousands of vulnerable older people may be left to struggle routinely with inadequate home-based help and care.

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Triggle, N. (2017). Frail, elderly people ‘left to struggle alone’. London: BBC Health News, February 16^th 2017.

Adult Social Care More Generally

Meanwhile, research from the Local Government Information Unit shows that adult social care is the biggest immediate priority / pressure-point for more than half of all councils.

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Adult social care is the biggest pressure on councils. London [Online]: Unison / Local Government Information Unit, February 10^th 2017.

Further background information from the BBC:

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Reality Check: Who gets social care and who pays for it? London: BBC Health News, February 8^th 2017.

March 2017 Update

BBC Panorama has revealed that home care firms have cancelled contracts with almost a hundred UK councils, as they are unable to deliver services for the amount paid.

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‘Lack of money’ prompts care firms to end council contracts. London: BBC Health News, March 20^th 2017.

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