Early retirement in England is increasingly the preserve of the wealthy as the less well-off are either forced to carry on working to make ends meet or are forced out of the labour market by ill health, research shows...
Social care inequalities deepening due to cost of living crisis and squeezed council budgets, says CQC
Inequalities in access to adult social care are deepening due to the cost of living crisis, staff shortages and squeezed council budgets. That was the message today from the Care Quality Commission in its annual State...
Exploitation and low pay causing poverty among care workers, TUC finds
TUC says urgent investment needed in ‘Cinderella sectors’ to head off demographic timebomb Read the full article on this link to The Guardian Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on...
Rationing, not strengths-based practice, likely to explain fall in numbers receiving care, finds study
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...
England’s worsening care shortages leave older people struggling – Age UK
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...
Five million people in England and Wales are unpaid carers, census shows
Figures show 1.5m give more than 50 hours a week, as care system struggles with rising demand Read the full article on this link to The Guardian Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share...
