Many fear losing their independence if they agree to care workers looking after them. Any social care review must take this on board.
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Seven days of dedicated content across the BBC will be broadcast on TV, iPlayer, Radio, Sounds and Online
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Carer’s allowance turns 50 this year, but it’s no reflection of the labour of the millions who cook, clean and nurse behind closed doors.
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TUC says urgent investment needed in ‘Cinderella sectors’ to head off demographic timebomb
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Rationing by councils, rather than the impact of strengths-based practice in reducing need, is the most likely explanation for falling numbers of people receiving adult social care amid record demand. That was the...
Hundreds of thousands of older people in England are having to endure chronic pain, anxiety and unmet support needs owing to the worsening shortage of social care staff and care home beds. Read the full article on this...
Figures show 1.5m give more than 50 hours a week, as care system struggles with rising demand
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MPs tackling crisis of 165,000 staff vacancies hear of managers dreading Aldi opening nearby ‘as I know I will lose staff’
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More people – mostly women – have been underpaid their state pension than previously thought, latest government figures show. A new estimate suggests 237,000 state pensioners were paid less than their...
A government change reducing the cap on care costs’ benefit to less wealthy people has become law, following a parliamentary battle. Opposition peers failed to prevent the change in a vote last night in the House of...
Royal College of Physicians warns over lack of geriatricians, many of whom are themselves due to retire
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Hundreds of care homes in England are providing substandard care to dementia patients, analysis by the Guardian has found.
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Boris Johnson’s flagship plan to fix social care will benefit a fraction of the people who need help, the Observer can disclose, as charities and campaigners urge ministers to act now or see thousands being left without...
