Social care workforce ‘a leaky bucket’Care AwareNov 7, 20231 min readIt has been reported that 390,000 people left their jobs in the care sector in 2022-23 and around a third of them left the sector altogether .Source: Skills for Care
My mother’s care is being funded by the local authority but I am being asked to make an extra payment to the care home. Why is this needed?Funding support from the local authority is limited to the set rate which they pay for a given care need and this will vary from...
Ageing without childrenThe number of women who have not had children has more than doubled in a generation, from 9% of those born in the 1940s to 19% of women...
Care NumbersMore people are receiving adult social care in England following years of decline, official data shows. Councils funded long-term care...
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