Long Term Care

The Care Quality Commission has launched a partnership with The Silver Line helpline, a free confidential service for older people.

Only a third of advisers are currently qualified to provide long term care advice despite growing interest from advisers in the area, the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has found.

Consumers may have to spend all or more of the value of their home before reaching the level of the care cap, research from Partnership has found.

The number of years people will live with their health in a 'not good' state has decreased for newborns and increased for over 65s, research has found.

Some 3.6 million over-50s are unpaid carers, research by Saga Personal finance has found.

The Better Care Fund's (BCF) early preparation and planning did not match the scale of the plan's ambitions, a report from the National Audit Office (NAO) has found.

The Health Select Committee has launched its latest inquiry into End of Life Care.

Nurses are concerned about their ability to deliver care to dying patients with 10.5% feeling able to always deliver the right level of care to patients.

The first five years of retirement is a time of worsening health for 32% of retirees with 9% contracting a serious illness; according to research.

The latest data released from the 2011 census has revealed the disparities in health levels in coastal communities.