Long Term Care

Data from the Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF) data is to be presented in a website that allows people to find out more about care services.

Post-retirement life expectancy for people in the UK is now lower than previously expected, according to the Office of National Statistics(ONS.)

Macmillan Cancer Support has called on the Government to make social care free for everyone at the end of their lives.

It is important that people offered deferred payment arrangements as a way to meet long-term care fees receive professional advice about alternatives, an insurer has said.

The government has promised people will not be forced to sell their homes to pay for care in old age after a proposal to restrict eligibility to defer payment was exposed.

Symponia has launched its Legal Academy in a bid to unite financial advisers and lawyers in serving long term care clients.

The adult social care system is "fundamentally broken" and "unfit for purpose" Birmingham City Council and the University of Birmingham have warned.

Symponia, the national professional body for care fees planning advisers, has expanded its panel to include 50+ funeral plan specialist, Golden Charter.

Labour's Lord Hunt was right to highlight the practical difficulties of asking local authorities to assess all self-funders as part of long-term care reforms, adviser firm LEBC Group has said.

Between 2010 and 2050, the total number of older people with care needs, particularly those suffering from dementia, will nearly treble from 101 to 277 million across the world, a report has found.