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Decade of funding cuts and uncertainty over financial settlement for 2020/21 has left council services at breaking point Social care system on verge of collapse…. Read More
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Local councils should no longer take personal injury settlements into account when deciding whether to pay for the care of severely disabled people, according to… Read More
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Responding to research by Prestige Nursing + Care showing that the average annual cost of a care home in Great Britain has increased by 9.6%… Read More
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Half of all workers aged 40-64 – nearly eight million people – do not expect to have enough money to stop work and retire when… Read More
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The government has announced a further one-month suspension of minimum wage enforcement concerning sleep-in shifts in the social care sector to minimise disruption to the… Read More
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Healthcare group, Bupa, is set to sell almost half of its care homes in a deal that is expected be in the region of £450… Read More
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Care UK, has moved a step closer to delivering a new care home in Windsor, with a ‘topping out’ ceremony held on site to… Read More
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Sleep-ins have been a topic of controversy for some time, but the issue has become more pressing recently with escalating costs in the sector and, coupled with… Read More
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Buying or selling a care home requires input from specialist legal advisors to ensure that you do not fall foul of the various regulatory hurdles… Read More
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A brand new high quality care home for the elderly in Edinburgh, established by Care Concern Group, is raising £3million from investors through Downing Crowd,… Read More
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New HMRC figures show that the pension freedoms payments have more than doubled from Q1 to Q2 2016 Aviva insight, however, shows the need for… Read More
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Baroness Ros Altmann, the British government’s Pension Minister, has “failed this and future generations of British pensioners and pension savers” claims the chair of a national pensions… Read More
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Pensioners aged 75+ are thousands of pounds a year worse off than both younger ‘Baby Boomer’ pensioners and working age adults. Meanwhile, those aged 75+… Read More
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A leading social care group is writing an urgent letter to commissioners amidst fears that providers could close due to the introduction of the National… Read More
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~ Independent Age reveals new stats to launch Moneywise guide ~ The biggest financial worry for almost a quarter (23%) of people aged 65 and… Read More
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