Tag Archives: CARE
Rethinking How We Fund Later-Life Care: Time for a UK “CareSaver”? – Alexandra Miles
This is good, really good and it is I hope , going to be read by those who control the spending on welfare in this country. Adult social care in the UK is under real pressure — underfunded, means-tested, fragmented. … Continue reading
The £100 billion dollar question: how do we harness older worker power?
Tony Watts points out that Britain has latent economic power beyond the university. Tony writes a regular newsletter for older folk (like me). My blogs this morning have been about tapping into younger rigour, but here’s Tony’s thoughts posted early! … Continue reading
The electorate cares about Care
Unglamorous as Care is, it’s something that millions of us do. We have duties to those we love to make their days happy whether they be at home, in a home or just down in spirits or health. Care dominates … Continue reading
Women’s days are not one and done!
International Woman’s day is over and I bet a lot of men like me are thinking it’s time to get back to BAU. BAU is sadly summed up by this report from Prospect that shows that New figures show … Continue reading
It’ll take more than a nudge to get us back to work!
The Minister for employment is keen to nudge us back to work The UK’s unemployment rate is close to its lowest level since the 1970s. But that’s not the whole story. About a quarter of people of working-age – … Continue reading
Frustration as “care” gets kicked like a can down the road.
Social care is a problem that doesn’t go away, just because we ignore it. Thanks To Charles Tallack for this important thread. Overdue 🧵on social care charging reform. It’s been more than 2 weeks since the govt announced delay, but … Continue reading
“Companiions” for us as we get older.
I had never heard of “Companiions“, till I read about the winners of the “Silver Lining” competition that has been co-created and promoted by my friend Sally Bridgeland. I am glad I have now. Many older people are rich in … Continue reading
Will we win the war on Covid but lose the peace on Care?
Two important events happened to me yesterday evening, I was boosted and I heard the news that the Commons had passed the first reading of the social care bill. As this is a personal blog, I feel entitled to conflate … Continue reading
“Another missed opportunity to properly address social care”- Ros Altmann
In this blog, Ros Altmann reacts to the Government’s statement on care funding in the Queen’s Speech. It was originally published on Ros’ blog and is republished with her permission If not now, when? Queen’s Speech missed another chance for … Continue reading
Do you want to insure or pay more tax for your care costs?
It is good that the Government is looking again at long term residential and home care in the UK. We need to be clear about the option open to Government and these are now being rehearsed. These articles are often … Continue reading