Long Term Care

The amount spent on social care has fallen nationally by £1.1bn since 2010/11 and £1.4bn since 2005/6, after accounting for extra money from the NHS, Age UK has found.

Partnership has responded to the figures from the union GMB showing that 10% of those in care will live long enough to activate the Dilnot cap.

The GMB Union has estimated that 90% of those who go into care will die before they reach the £72,000 Dilnot cap on the costs of care.

A third of 33% of women aged over 65 needed help with at least one activity of daily living (ADL), compared to 23% of men, according to the Statistics from the Health and Social Care information centre.

There is a wide variety in the ways complaints are being handled across the NHS, primary care and social care services in England, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found.

The government has launched an online application system for the Carer's Allowance in a bid to make applications easier.

Council long-term care care services are not being received by 80% of the two million older people in need of support, a report from Independent Age and the Strategic Society Centre has found.

The Care Quality Commission has launched a partnership with The Silver Line helpline, a free confidential service for older people.

Only a third of advisers are currently qualified to provide long term care advice despite growing interest from advisers in the area, the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has found.

Consumers may have to spend all or more of the value of their home before reaching the level of the care cap, research from Partnership has found.