Long Term Care

The social care needs of cancer patients are not being met with 11% of patients left constantly or often housebound due to a lack of support, a report for Macmillan has found.

Industry figures believe that later life protection products will help grow the market, a new poll by The Protection Review has found.

Vitality's Deepak Jobanputra discusses how the insurance industry is rising to the challenge.

Richard Bowden, managing director of Bupa UK has written an essay calling for the integration of health and social care.

Buying an insurance product to fund one's own care in old age is almost twice as popular as taking out an insurance product for relatives' care needs, research for The Syndicate has found.

The government has announced a consultation on the implementation of the Care Act 2014 which contains the laws for the Dilnot cap on long-term care costs.

The ABI, Aegon and Partnership have responded to the care minister's plea for the insurance industry to offer more to people in terms of long-term care (LTC) products.

Allianz Global Assistance UK has called on insurers to help bridge gaps in social care.

The amount spent on social care has fallen nationally by £1.1bn since 2010/11 and £1.4bn since 2005/6, after accounting for extra money from the NHS, Age UK has found.

Partnership has responded to the figures from the union GMB showing that 10% of those in care will live long enough to activate the Dilnot cap.