Is care home provision reaching crisis levels?
With all eyes on the Budget this week, there was a worrying absence of mentions about social care provision. Some...
This is why you need to avoid Asset Protection Trusts
As an Accredited Later Life Adviser with the Society of Later Life Advisers (SOLLA), something that regularly irks me is...
Underestimating the cost of later life care
People in the UK are underestimating the cost of care in later life by around £7bn each year. The research...
Financial advisers for people living with dementia
Can a financial adviser go into a care home or approach adults with dementia in their own homes to drum...
Department of Health social care charging structure for 2017/18
The Department of Health has published a Local Authority Circular confirming the charging structure for adult social care in the...
Social care crisis in Surrey
There is a crisis in adult social care, with local authorities struggling to fund care as our population ages. According...
No real planning for demographic realities of long-term care
The Guardian reported last weekend on a leaked government memo disclosing no real planning for demographic realities of long-term care....
Technology Integrated Health Management for dementia
There are around 850,000 people in the UK living with dementia. This number is expected to rise to one million...
FCA is thinking about the ageing population
We are all getting older and this is having a big impact on the financial decisions we make. The number...
Government funded care scaled back
The decline of government funded care has left vulnerable older people being left to look after themselves, even though there is...