Monthly Archives: June 2012
Care home residents who pay subsidising the rest, owners admit
At present anyone with assets worth more than £23,500 has no help from the state in funding their care even though some face costs of up to £100,000 a year
Middle class people in care homes are being charged up to £12,000 a year extra to subsidise the cost of those who receive free care, owners have admitted.
More than four out of five care home operators admit they have had to put up prices for those who pay for their own way because of councils cuts – with some suggesting that the difference in cost is now up to 50 per cent.
They say that it amounts to an extra “tax” on those deemed well enough off to pay for care – effectively meaning that they are being charged twice.
But care home operators said they would go out of business if they were not able to charge so-called self-funders higher fees.
Is system designed to fit care to users’ lives working in West Norfolk?
Margaret Howard, 60, who is a big supporter of the new “personal budget” social care funding system
Traditionally, people living in the community who were eligible for assistance from social services in their daily lives were assessed and then placed into the services on offer.
An elderly woman living alone might be told she could have a carer to come in and help her get washed in the morning as well as someone to deliver a hot meal to her in the evening.
Sisters are confirmed as the world’s oldest siblings 105 aand 108
Happy, happy birthday
Marjorie Ruddle, 105, left, and Dorrie Richards, 108, have been entered into the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s oldest siblings
TWO sisters have earned their place in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s oldest siblings.
Dorrie Richards, who is 108 years and five months old and her sister Marjorie Ruddle, who turned 105 last month, received their certificates during an emotional reunion yesterday.
They had not seen each other for more than two-and-a-half years because it is difficult to transport them between the care homes where they live.
Dorrie is a resident at Whitefriars in Ryhall Road, Stamford. Yesterday two carers from Whitefriars volunteered their time to accompany Dorrie to Park House nursing home in Peterborough to visit her sister and collect her certificate.
