LTC

The Queen has said the hoped-for long term care legislation, through the Health and Social Care Bill, is to be passed in the 2013/2014 Parliamentary session.

There is an urgent need to assess long term care in terms of the benefits it brings, rather than its costs, if funding allocation arguments in local councils are to be won, experts have said.

The care and support bill will "almost certainly" include a compulsion to offer independent financial information and advice for long term care (LTC) needs, Partnership has said.

Symponia has called today's social care announcement "a clever pre-budget manoeuvre to create a seemingly positive headline and divert attention away from the ailing coalition, during Budget week."

The Government is ‘woefully underprepared' for the impact a rapidly ageing population will have on society and public services, a Lords Committee has warned.

The recent Government policy statement in response to the Dilnot Commission on the funding of care and support highlights problems when it comes to planning for care costs, Andy James explains.

Qualified advisers will be needed to advise older homeowners on the benefits of proposed deferred payment schemes from the Council versus options such as equity release, Baroness Greengross has said.

Tens of thousands of pensioners and people approaching retirement have been sold worthless ‘trust' schemes that promised to protect their home if they went into care.

The government's plan to introduce a £75,000 cap on care costs in 2017 will by no means remove the burden on private payers and their families, according to Laing & Buisson.

Several industry players have voiced concern over failures of perception raised by the Government announcement of a cap on long term care fees.