Long Term Care

Symponia, is calling for the Coalition to start listening to the financial services profession who engage with the consultation paper ‘Caring for our future: implementing funding reform', which was published yesterday.

Partnership has welcomed an announcement from the Department of Health that it has launched a consultation on long-term care reforms.

The cost of dealing with the country's ageing population will increase government spending by about 4% of GDP - or £61bn in today's terms - by the 2060s, according to government projections.

The Local Government Information Unit (LGIU) has suggested that without effective support for the 57% of older people who fund all or part of their own care (‘self funders') the entire structure of social care is at risk.

Government care cap over the heads of many according to Saga

The government has rejected amendments to the Care Bill that would require councils to refer people with long-term care needs to regulated independent financial advisers.

Influential groups are lobbying for the cap on social care costs to be scrapped ahead of committee stage discussions in the House of Lords.

The health secretary has announced he is seeking views on a set of proposals to ‘radically improve' care for vulnerable older people.

Despite publicity around the cap on long-term care fees, members of the public continue to be confused by the detail of the reforms; according to research.

The government has published draft rules as a basis for consultation on reforming the ‘postcode lottery' of long-term care eligibility criteria.