Tag Archives: Older care
Study shows 600,000 pensioners are prisoners in own homes
More than 600,000 pensioners are virtual prisoners in their own homes, passing their front door less than once a week at most, a study of the everyday lives of older people shows.
By John Bingham, Social Affairs Editor
8:00AM GMT 08 Mar 2012
Research by Age UK paints a stark picture of the growing isolation of many elderly people at a time when services seen as a lifeline by many, such as local bus routes or Post Offices, are being cut.
It shows how the daily lives of more than one-in-20 pensioners in the UK are marked by acute loneliness.
Notts pensioners take care fight to House of Commons
MORE than 80 Notts pensioners took their fight for care reform to Westminster yesterday as part of a national day of action.
Wednesday, March 07, 2012
Nottingham Elders’ Forum sent the largest county delegation of protesters taking part in the “Care in Crisis” mass lobby of Parliament.
The Care and Support Alliance organised the event to call on the Government to make social care free for everyone who needs it.
Campaigners also want the Government to prevent anyone having to sell their home to pay for social care support.
