Long Term Care

The government's failure to set out cost principles for the funding of long-term care will slow new solutions from the private sector, according to Just Retirement.

The social care white paper has disappointed financially and offered no fresh approach, Symponia has stated.

Fiona Murphy asks whether the white paper on long-term care is effective enough and what more needs to be done

Partnership has claimed a victory for financial advice in the Progress Report on Funding reforms, released today.

The progress report on funding reform, published alongside the white paper on social care today, has said a funding model based on principles outlined by the Dilnot Commission will only happen if a way to pay for it can be found.

Symponia has launched a long term care (LTC) academy with a view to supporting specialist long term care advisers and raising standards of financial advice for the elderly.

This is the last week to comment on what should be covered by the cross-government long term conditions strategy - the deadline for comments is 15 June.

Long term care reform needs to be both clear and sustainable if a funding crisis is to be avoided says Just Retirement.

Councils could save £730 million in long term care (LTC) costs if technology and remote monitoring-based solutions are deployed.

Nearly 60% of oldest believe individuals should pay for at least 50% of long term care costs, Partnership has found.