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Another budget and still no financial solution! |
Cllr Ian Hudspeth, Chairman of the LGA’s Community Wellbeing Board, responds to Which? research on people underestimating the cost of paying for a care home place. “Our recent polling shows half of people have little or no understanding of what social care means. Only 15% of people polled said they are making plans to pay for their care in later life, so it is no wonder people underestimate the cost” |
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LGA responds to Which? research on the cost of paying for a care home place The requests will increase as the population ages It’s not all about more funding for hospitals! Living longer is something we ‘dream’ of, but the reality may not be what we anticipated Councils don’t / cannot afford to pay the true cost Like pensions, most people don’t think about their care needs in old age Trouble is many of us stopped living healthily in middle-age! That promised ‘cap on care‘ seems further No option but to pay! |