Long Term Care

Advisers have stressed they are keen to become more involved in long-term care (LTC) advice, with a desire to be included in council referral lists, Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) research finds.

Independent Age, the older people's charity, has opened a freephone number for a new advice service.

Pensioners could have to pay out £150,000 on long-term care before the government will step in, according to the Labour party.

An IFA has joined forces with a care provider to provide an independent advice service for those seeking home care.

Live-in care at home is still ‘being overlooked' as a realistic option for elderly people who need long-term care, according to Symponia.

Councils will experience a "surge of enquiries" as over 320,000 people contact them for assessments as the care cap is introduced, Partnership has warned.

Partnership's new business sales for its care products have fallen by 35% due to the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) and 'uncertainty' over the care cap.

Data from the Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF) data is to be presented in a website that allows people to find out more about care services.

Post-retirement life expectancy for people in the UK is now lower than previously expected, according to the Office of National Statistics(ONS.)

Macmillan Cancer Support has called on the Government to make social care free for everyone at the end of their lives.