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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The government will publish a green paper on social care for older people by summer 2018, it announced today. In advance of the paper it has invited a number of people to provide advice, including representatives from...
Over the past 20 years, government and media attention has increasingly been drawn to the rising numbers of elderly people in our society and the consequent spiralling costs of health and social care for this section of...
British workers can expect among the worst pensions in the developed world, according to a report from investment bank UBS, which compared the retirement outlook for a 50-year-old woman in major cities across the globe...
There is a growing evidence base around the challenges associated with loneliness and social isolation, and the role social workers have to play in tackling these issues. Loneliness is defined as a subjective feeling of...
GPs will be urged to make time to see lonely patients, who are 50% more likely to die prematurely than people with good social network.
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