Latest Care Home News
UNPAID CARERS – £119 BILLION POUNDS PER ANNUM
When talking about elderly care, most people think you mean care homes - which currently house around 400,000 individuals across the UK. But this figure pales into insignificance against the number of people receiving care from an unpaid family member or friend. 7 MILLION. Yes, [...]
PAYING FOR ELDERLY CARE? – MORE OPTIONS THAN YOU MAY THINK
It's a little known fact that for some people, even those with significant assets, being in a care home can be completely free, courtesy of the NHS. It works like this. Some people, often after they've lost a spouse, decide they'd prefer to live in [...]
TOUGH TIMES AHEAD
With the number of over 85s in the UK forecast to more than double in the next 20 years, you would imagine that care home operators would be rubbing their hands with glee. Not so. There are currently just over 20,000 care homes for the [...]
CARE HOME FINDER- FIONA GILBERT INTERVIEW WITH ALEX GOLDSTEIN MAY 2016
Listen to Fiona Gilbert discussing finding the right care home with Alex Goldstein.
GRANDFATHER
I met someone last week who told me a story about her grandfather, whose dementia condition had been worsening to such an extent that sadly he could no longer continue living on his own at home. So while my new acquaintance was working abroad, her [...]
CONTINUED GROWTH IN POWERS OF ATTORNEY
By Elaine Lightfoot, Head of Private Client, McCormicks Solicitors Statistics published by the Ministry of Justice in September 2015 confirmed the continued rise in the number of Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA) being registered at the Office of the Public Guardian. More than 128,000 [...]