A million elderly people lack basic social care

[wendy]

A million elderly people lack basic social care as unprecedented funding cuts leave struggling NHS to pick up the pieces


Age UK say the issue is the single most important for older voters going into next month's general election
Charlie Cooper Author Biography , Hannah Fearn

Sunday 12 April 2015


The number of elderly people who need help with basic tasks, but have been left to struggle by an unprecedented withdrawal of state-funded social care, has hit one million, experts believe.

The leading charity Age UK estimated last year that 900,000 people in England between the age of 65 and 89 have unmet social care needs, but experts at the charity now believe the figure is closer to one million.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style ... 70302.html

[annie]

Shocking

[wendy]

more money needs to go into the system.”