Care Funding News

A care home owner has urged the Government to improve the quality of life for dementia sufferers by making dementia-friendly design compulsory across the care sector.John Fisher, who runs Esk Hall Care Home in Sleights, North Yorkshire, believes the ... More »

Glasgow City Council's leader has said it is not in the city's interests to hike care home and nursing care costs.Gordon Matheson attacked plans to do so, as Glasgow's councillors "reluctantly" gave the go-ahead to the increases.The rises come after ... More »

Concerns over a Reading care home's standards have seen the town's borough council stop placing people at the site.A number of complaints in a short space of time over the River View Care Centre in Tilehurst had sparked a probe by the Care Quality Co... More »

Government reforms aimed at ensuring older people don't have to sell their homes to pay for their long-term care have been branded a "con trick".Liz Kendall, Labour's care spokeswoman and shadow cabinet member, said it is "plainly obvious families wi... More »

Plans to integrate health and social care have been announced by the Government.Care and support minister Norman Lamb said a "joined up" system would improve communication and reduce the number of older people facing "long waits" in hospital before b... More »

Changes to care provision in Bradford could see 2,000 people who currently receive help having the service removed as part of a cost cutting exercise.The Bradford Telegraph and Argus reports that changes to the Fair Access to Care guidelines would se... More »

The social care funding picture is set to become "even bleaker" over the next two years, a survey by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) on budgets indicates.The research suggested that plans by the association's members to ... More »

The Queen's Speech is set to reward carers with reforms giving them stronger rights to seek financial and practical help when looking after loved ones, it has been reported.To ease the funding burden linked to care costs, the estimated seven million ... More »

It has emerged that the Western Health Trust is proposing to close all its residential care homes, although no official confirmation has yet been given.Both the Northern and Southern health trusts have already announced plans to close the homes they ... More »

Better social care is needed to stop stroke survivors feeling "abandoned", according to a charity's new report.The report by the Stroke Association claims social care and health services often underestimate or overlook the emotional strain that strok... More »