98% of local authority social services departments say they have worries about the financial sustainability of residential and nursing homes.
Of those who had made assessments to determine the costs faced by care providers, they found at least a quarter of fees paid to residential, nursing or extra care providers were below the actual cost of providing care.
We all recognise that the risk of developing dementia increases with age. At age 65, one in 700 will be diagnosed while at age 80, the number increases to 1 in 6. By the age of 95, the risk increases
Ian Trenholm, chief executive of the care regulator the Care Quality Commission has said that the profitability of care homes remained at ‘historically low levels’ in 2022/23. Using information from i
The government has increased funding for adult social care to help tackle NHS pressures this winter by £10m. Councils will be able to bid from a pot of £40m – up from £30m – for cash to help prevent h