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

Cornwall's residents may soon have to pay the full cost of their care, if they are assessed as able to afford it.

The High Court has rejected a legal challenge to Worcestershire Council's "maximum expenditure policy" which will limit, on introduction, how much is spent on supporting a disabled adult in the community to that for equivalent provision in residential...

Symponia, is calling for the Coalition to start listening to the financial services profession who engage with the consultation paper ‘Caring for our future: implementing funding reform', which was published yesterday.

The Local Government Information Unit (LGIU) has suggested that without effective support for the 57% of older people who fund all or part of their own care (‘self funders') the entire structure of social care is at risk.

Tenet has linked-up with online care services and retirement advice site, Ostrich.uk.com, to offer a range of financial support to those looking for ways to fund care.

The elderly care system needs more money now and needs an independent review, according to Lord Warner, who drew up the initial plans for care home fees to be capped.

A teenager has been given permission to take Worcestershire County Council to a full Judicial Review over the use of a Maximum Expenditure Policy

Just Retirement has said it plans to enter the long-term care market within the next few months.

Around a third of Britons do not know how they will finance later life costs for themselves or a relative, according to new research.