Laing & Buisson has launched a care homes comparison product in a bid to fill the void made by the termination of the Care Quality Commission's star rating system in 2010.
The Government must review capital gains tax, winter fuel payments and pension credits in order to introduce and pay for a long term care lifetime cap of between £50,000 and £60,000 pounds, a report has suggested.
The Coalition Government is to insert clauses supporting the Dilnot recommendations into the care and support bill later this year.
The Coalition has remained tight-lipped on any long-term care funding plans in its mid-term review, despite reports that it is set to introduce a £75,000 care cap structure.
Long-term care cost plans will be announced by the Coalition today when it issues its Mid-Term Review.
Former care services minister Paul Burstow will be speaking at an event in the House of Commons on 8 January to launch the findings of a report on the future of long-term care.
There has been a "strong desire" among respondents to the draft Care and Support Bill to emphasise the need for advice on long-term care.
The ‘real cost' for elderly care could be over £200,000 if government raise the care cap to £75,000, warns Partnership.
Since Andrew Dilnot published his Fairer Care Funding report in July 2011, much has been written and said about it by the press, by charities and by politicians on all sides.
Advisers should be asking about elderly parents in client fact finds, Partnership has said.