Category Archives: Older care
Dignity in old age comes at a high price
Dignity in old age comes at a high price
Without radical reform of the way the elderly are cared for, we face an uncertain future, writes Joan Bakewell.
By Joan Bakewell
12:00AM BST 01 Jun 2011
Although many of us knew it was coming, we didn’t expect it to arrive quite so soon. But here the crisis is, presenting us with exactly the problem this country has long failed to face when it comes to caring for the elderly.
Age UK publishes damning report on the care crisis
Age UK publishes damning report on the care crisis
Source : Age UK
Published on 30 May 2011 12:30 AM
Age UK today publishes a damning report, which shows the depth of the crisis in social care and its consequent human cost.
The report 
‘Care in Crisis: Causes and Solutions’ provides the evidence to prove that care and support for older people in England has reached breaking point. 800,000 people who currently need care receive no formal support from either the state or private sector agencies. That figure may well rise to one million people within four years as a result of estimated cuts to already threadbare social care budgets.
Birmingham care homes under threat as firm faces cash crisis
COUNCIL bosses have moved to calm fears over the future of more than 400 people living in Birmingham care homes owned by ailing Southern Cross.
Birmingham City Council insisted contingency plans were in place after company officials warned they only had enough funds to continue operating into next month.
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