Long Term Care

Symponia, the network for care fees planning advisers, is launching a sister company, Symponia Blu, designed to serve the needs of the ‘children' of elderly clients - often elderly themselves.

More evidence on the cost effectiveness of telehealth is needed to help make services more attractive to NHS commissioners, the Department of Health (DH) has warned.

The coalition will introduce the £35,000 cap on social care costs as recommended by the Dilnot "as soon as" it is able, the health minister said today.

Pensioners have been selling their homes at knockdown prices to pay care home fees which should have been picked up by the NHS, according to a law firm.

A device has been launched for Alzheimer's and dementia sufferers to live more independently.

The government's failure to set out cost principles for the funding of long-term care will slow new solutions from the private sector, according to Just Retirement.

The social care white paper has disappointed financially and offered no fresh approach, Symponia has stated.

Fiona Murphy asks whether the white paper on long-term care is effective enough and what more needs to be done

Partnership has claimed a victory for financial advice in the Progress Report on Funding reforms, released today.

The progress report on funding reform, published alongside the white paper on social care today, has said a funding model based on principles outlined by the Dilnot Commission will only happen if a way to pay for it can be found.