Care Funding News

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 »

Pensioners at risk of 'abuse or neglect ' or with 'substantial' needs are the only ones who will receive state help to pay for care, with ministers accused of deceiving older people over eligibility rules.From 2016, the State will pay the full costs ... More »

The Northern Health Trust has announced that it intends to eventually stop providing residential care entirely.As part of a wide-ranging reform of elderly care provision across Northern Ireland, the trust is planning to close half of its nine homes w... More »

Local authority cuts are to blame for increasing care home insolvency across the UK, a new report claims.A total of 67 homes went bust last year as reductions in spending continue to have a devastating effect, accountancy firm Wilkins Kennedy reveale... More »

Property is the most likely means of funding future long-term care.That is the conclusion of a new report which suggests that people are rapidly realising they will have to be more independent from State help in their later years.The second Care Inde... More »

The Government has launched a "care comparison website", care and support minister Norman Lamb has announced.Although it is still a work in progress, the new online tool is aiming to help people make a more informed decision when it comes to choosing... More »

As much as £2 billion could be added to public expenditure by 2030 if the government's recent plans to reform the funding system for care and support in England come to fruition, claims a new research paper.The estimate from the London School of Econ... More »