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Cuts to Social Care Leave Older People Fending for Themselves

15 September 2016 by Volunteer Placement

The BBC reports on the massive pressure being put upon the social care system and the resulting strain being put on both the elderly and their carers. A report published by the Nuffield Trust in partnership with The Kings Fund highlights how access to care depends increasingly on what people can afford – and where they live – rather than on what they need. Furthermore, the number of over-65s being helped by councils had fallen by a quarter in four years to 2014, despite more people now needing help due to the ageing population. The Nuffield Trust summarises the report stating that the picture that has emerged is of “social care providers under pressure, struggling to retain staff, maintain quality and stay in business; local authorities making unenviable choices about where to make reductions… and a voluntary sector keeping services going even when funding was curtailed.”
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