By Nick Triggle Health correspondent, BBC News
2 July 2014 Last updated at 03:36
A survey of 144 social care departments in England found savings of more than a quarter had had to be made since 2010.
Funding cuts and rising demands are key problems, says the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services.
They predicted the situation would get worse, despite attempts to channel extra NHS money into the system.
The survey found the total budget put aside for means-tested social care by councils in 2014-15 stands at £13.68bn.
That represents a drop in cash terms of £266m from last year and a real terms cut of 12% since 2010 once inflation is taken into account.
Do you believe one-off computer courses would be enough for you to feel comfortable accessing services online?
By Grimsby Telegraph | Posted: June 24, 2014
LEARNING: Do you believe one-off computer courses would be enough for you to feel comfortable accessing services online?
A PENSIONER from Grimsby says it is “disgusting” that many Government services will soon only be available online.
Barbara Cowper, 79, says cabinet office minister Francis Maude’s opinion that older people must start using the internet to access public services is a breach of “OAP human rights”.
The Government says millions of pounds can be saved by moving services so that they are solely online and that getting to grips with the interest is a “better thing for people’s lives”.
But Mrs Cowper, who is a retired secretary and knows how to use a computer, disagrees.
She said: “It is infuriating that older people are being given no say over whether they actually want to use the internet or not.
By John Bingham, Social Affairs Editor
Dementia sufferers and disabled people could be “screened out” of the care system by a loophole in the fine print of new rules to decide whether people are frail enough to qualify, charities have warned.
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