Social Care for Older People, Home Truths.

• 26% fewer elderly infirm receive any local authority funded help that 6 years ago.
• Fees local authorities pay to care homes have either reduced or not kept pace with inflation in most instances.
• Care and support [a legal requirement under the Care Act 2014] is often dependent upon where a person lives and what financial resources they have, rather than that person’s individual needs.
• There is insufficient funding for NHS primary or community care, placing more responsibility on local authorities.
• 90% of care support is provided by over 19,000 organizations in the private or voluntary sector.
• Local authority spending on care is overall 11% less and 25% fewer people receive state funded care than 6 years ago.
• In 2009 1.1 million people were receiving local authority funded care. In the year 2013/14 that figure had dropped to 853,615.
• One local authority was reported as believing the targets on cut backs would mean local authorities needing to breach their responsibilities under the Care Act 2014.
• Self-funders in care, subsidise local authority funded residents in the same home who receive the same quality of care at lower prices.
• Local authorities try to maximise top up payments from families to keep local authority costs down.
• Complaints about adult social to the Local Government Ombudsman are up by 18% from 2003, with 55% of complaints upheld.
• Complaints about care homes have increased by 29% since 2013 with 67% upheld.

Be Prepared – contact us on https://www.theprobatedepartment.co.uk/contact-us-for-probate-help for advice on:

• Lasting Powers of Attorney for both Finance AND Welfare.
• Effective and up to date Wills.
• Trusts
• Court of Protection Issues

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