Means-testing threshold frozen for 14th year: will self-funded care become the norm?
The financial thresholds for charging for care in 2024-25 will stay the same as they were set back in 2010. This means that more responsibility for funding care services will fall on individuals, as the government has not adjusted the thresholds for means-testing for the 14th year in a row. Consequently, a growing […]
by: Scarlette Isaac
Children in care sent to live over 300 miles away from family and friends
A recent Observer investigation revealed that children in care are being sent to live more than 300 miles away from their hometowns. Vulnerable children in London, for example, are being shipped off to homes more than 250 miles from the city in what is being dubbed a “national scandal”. Some of the residential homes were […]
by: Scarlette Isaac
Rising energy bills are forcing care homes to close
Up to a third of UK care homes could be at risk of closure because they can’t afford rising energy bills. This could leave hundreds of vulnerable and elderly people without a home, the sector has warned. Care England highlighted that energy bills for care homes had increased by 500% in the last year due […]
by: Scarlette Isaac