Mr Burstow, who chaired the committee of MPs and peers scrutinising the Government’s Bill to reform the system, will announce a commission of experts tomorrow to design a new model.
Lonely lives of the rural elderly
Shop closures and bus service cuts causing social isolation says report which found half of over 75s living alone.
Elderly people who retire to the countryside face spending their final years in isolation as villages suffer cuts to bus services and post office closures, a report warns today.
Half of Britons older than 75 are living alone. The study finds that the closure of local shops and the death of loved ones leaves many without support or social contact.
It comes as the Government warns that too many rural communities have been failed by past decisions taken in Whitehall.
Ministers are launching new rules urging all government officials to consider the impact of their plans on villages and small towns from Cornwall to Cumbria.
Who cares about the carers? New manual is available
- Six million Brits work as a carer for an ill family member
- A further 6,000 people take on the job as a carer every day
- To aid them a Carer’s Manual has been released to help set them up
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When a loved one needs help, perhaps during illness or long-term incapacity, stepping in to help is an instinct. Six million Britons are carers to an adult, and every day a further 6,000 take on that huge responsibility.
But where do carers find the help and advice they need when the often complex network of health and welfare services can be daunting?
To support them, the British Medical Association has released a Carer’s Manual. Here, in the first of three extracts from it, we explore the initial steps to becoming a carer…
