Long Term Care

Lack of government action and the retail distribution review (RDR) will mean short to medium term doldrums for long-term care, according to an advisory firm.

Care home funding is slipping further away from "fair" cost levels and ability to invest in long-term care, Laing & Buisson research has shown.

Jeremy Hunt's Dilnot comments are "very welcome" but individuals are still left in limbo, Kames Capital has said.

The coalition will introduce the £35,000 cap on social care costs as recommended by the Dilnot "as soon as" it is able, the health minister said today.

The Department of Health (DoH) has launched a campaign, supported by the Alzheimer's Society, to encourage people to talk to loved ones showing signs of dementia.

The social care minister reshuffle may cause continuity problems with the social care reforms, Partnership has said.

Pensioners have been selling their homes at knockdown prices to pay care home fees which should have been picked up by the NHS, according to a law firm.

Leaving aside the politics, can private insurance help to solve the problem of looking after the elderly? Jason Hurley puts the case.

The Government leak that the Coalition had changed its mind on the Dilnot Commission's funding reform has been called questionable and a possible disaster.

NICE has launched a consultation on two social care quality standards for dementia support and children's wellbeing.