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Tag Archives: Care Fees
Who should pay for care?
A new survey has found that 70% of over-55s do not believe they should have to pay for the cost …
Self-funders still face £189,000 bill
The recent Dilnot Commission proposals raised the prospect of more affordable long-term care in the future, but self-funding residents could still face a bill of nearly £200,000.
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Tagged Care Fees, care fees advice, cost of care, dilnot, hotel costs, partnership
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Capping the cost of care
A government initiated review conducted by Andrew Dilnot has concluded that social care costs in England should be capped at £35,000.
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Tagged Care Fees, commission, dilnot, independent report, lifetime cap, selling home, £100000, £35000
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Age UK on the care crisis
Age UK has published a damning report today looking at the depth of the social care crisis.
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Tagged age uk, Care Fees, care in crisis, formal support, social care
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Public spending cuts & care fees
Informed Choice chartered financial planner and care fees planning specialist Sandy Lowth comments on the latest figures showing a growing number of people being denied local authority support for care fees.
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Tagged Care Fees, local authority, public spending cuts, sandy lowth, specialist care fees adviser
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More bad news for our ageing population
Informed Choice chartered financial planner Angela Murfitt looks at the impact of the government freezing the care fees means test upper threshold for two years.
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Tagged Care Fees, means test, savings disregard, upper threshold, £23250
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The ongoing care funding debate
Informed Choice chartered financial planner Sandy Lowth looks at recent comments about the ongoing cost of funding long term care debate.
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Tagged abi, Care Fees, funding, long term care, lord warner, nick starling, sandy lowth
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Selling homes to pay for care
New research from Dickinson Dees has found that almost half of people expect to have to sell their homes to pay for the cost of long-term care in older age.
A Vision for Adult Social Care
The government’s vision for adult social care services is due to be outlined in a White Paper to be published at the end of next year.
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Tagged adult social care, Care Fees, local authorities, personal budgets, white paper
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60 homes a day sold to fund care fees
The Daily Mail is reporting today that more than 20,000 pensioners were forced to sell their homes last year to pay for care fees.
