Care home funding lottery threatens vulnerable pensioners - Royal London

  Where elderly people enter care in a ‘crisis' situation and do not have family members to advocate on their behalf, this so-called ‘lottery' process of negotiating care-fee packages could lead to the vulnerable losing out, the insurer warned. "We have uncovered a disturbing patchwork of support for people needing residential care, which varies hugely depending on where you live," said  Royal London director of policy Steve Webb has said. "The most worrying variation is the extent to which residents are expected to haggle with the council in some parts of the country." In terms of...