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Self Funding Across the UK

This table shows the proportion of those who fund their own care across the UK regions. Source: Just/Laing and Buisson Care of Elderly...

Care Aware Benefit Rate Card

Care Aware produces a handy A6 benefit rate card which contains all of the essential rates and allowances relating to care funding. To...

Help for Carers in Wales

About 57,000 unpaid carers in Wales will be entitled to a payment of £500 in recognition of their role during the pandemic. The Welsh...

Care Cap Reinstated

The Government has reinstated a change to the cap on care costs that will reduce its benefit to less wealthy people. The House of Commons...

Funeral Plans Under Threat

Funeral Plan provider, Safe Hands has withdrawn its application for authorisation and has now fallen into administration, leaving as many...

The Cost of Home Care From April 2022

The Homecare Association announced its new calculation for the Minimum Price for Homecare of £23.20 per hour, effective from April 2022,...

ASK OUR ADVISERS - Attendance Allowance

My dad is finding it harder and harder to manage but he is so stubborn, he refuses any help we offer. He does occasionally get a taxi...

Financial Eligibility Gets Tighter

If the social care means test threshold had kept pace with inflation it would be £29,031 today – that’s £5,781 or 25% higher than it...

FEEDBACK - You've answered all of my questions and others I didn't even have!

"I really enjoyed talking to you, you're are an absolute star. I have so many conversations with professionals in the last few months...

Veg Pledge for Cancer Research

A well-planned vegetarian or vegan diet can be very healthy, as diets high in plant foods like fruit, veg, wholegrains and pulses and low...

NHS Staff Survey

Source: Kings Fund

Slight increase in numbers receiving public funded long term care

The number of people receiving publicly funded long-term care in 2020/21 increased by 3,000 (0.3 per cent) to 841,000. This overall...

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