Families shun care homes to look after elderly themselves

[wendy]

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Overall number in care has gone up by just 1,000 in decade despite pensioner numbers rising by a million 

• Proportion of older people in residential homes has fallen – despite predictions more working families would lack time to look after relatives
• Better health and increased life expectancy likely influenced shift
• But high costs and concerns over quality of care in low-paid industry beset by scandals may also be factors, say Office for National Statistics

By Steve Doughty, Social Affairs Correspondent for the Daily Mail

Tens of thousands of families are shunning care homes to look after elderly relatives themselves instead.

[annie]

That is good news, just hope they are getting the support they need.

[JaneJ]

Me too Annie. I often think we go into family caring blind and without full knowledge of the reality and the effects