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Private care + reduced oversight = chaos
A worrying equation is emerging for those in assisted care after a day of financial and professional standards chaos.
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Social care costs should be capped so people do not lose their assets according to a new review. The Dilnot report has prompted a debate on how the government would pay for any changes to the system.
Plans for a £35,000 cap on social care costs for the elderly will not be acted on for at least another year, even though the report author called for action “as soon as possible”.
Health Minister Paul Burstow says there are no easy answers to the funding of social care for the elderly.
Side effects of common drugs could increase the risk of decline and death for older people, research suggests. A charity tells Channel 4 News more training on the health needs of the elderly is key.
Channel 4 News has announced two new roles within its onscreen team, as part of a series of changes to the programme.
A solution to the financial crisis at Southern Cross, Britain’s biggest care home provider, will be determined in four months as the Government pledges no-one will be left homeless or without care.
Channel 4 News has obtained a Department of Health contingency plan documenting responsibilities in the event of the collapse of a care home provider amid fierce financial problems in the sector.
A worrying equation is emerging for those in assisted care after a day of financial and professional standards chaos.
The care sector, like the banking system, is in sore need of regulation if situations like that of operator Southern Cross are to be avoided, Saga’s Dr Ros Altmann tells Channel 4 News.
Care home provider Southern Cross cuts its rent payments by a third as the firm struggles to keep its 750 residential homes open for business.
A fire at Rosepark care home in Lanarkshire, which killed 14 people, could have been prevented, an inquiry has found. Fire safety plans have been described as “systematically and seriously defective”.
Two leading health experts write for Channel 4 News on the NHS reforms, warning they could destroy the principles on which the NHS was founded and leave it as a brand name and funding agency only.
NHS frontline blog: rather than improvement, “choice” in the NHS could lead to a two tier system, with the poor and sick at the bottom, writes trauma surgeon Catherine Blake for Channel 4 News.
The NHS is failing to treat elderly patients with care and respect, a report reveals, as charities explain to Channel 4 News that negative attitudes to older people are a problem across society.
The government is considering bringing in a care credit scheme where people who volunteer to help the elderly or disabled can bank credits for their own care later in life.