Tag Archives: Social care
Social Care, Pensions and Growth
I am pleased to see the Government taking a proper view on how we support the elderly with social care. Let us not mistake the time it will take to come up with sensible changes with some view of Government … 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 š§µon social care charging reform. It’s been more than 2 weeks since the govt announced delay, but … Continue reading
How many people fund their own care?
Some people complained last Saturday that I produced no blog, my blogs get done early in the morning and on Saturday I’m travelling early to my boat. So I need oven ready content and my good friend Con Keating served … 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.Ā We need to be clear about the option open to Government and these are now being rehearsed. These articles are often … Continue reading
Why we’ve failed to build a national care service
Sage seem to consider the major problem in care homes the impact it is having on the R number. At least that is how it is being reported. Sage member Professor JohnĀ Edmunds told the FT Covid-19 infections in hospitals … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, coronavirus, pensions
Tagged CARE, Care Homes, Covid-19, long term care, NHS, Social care
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Covid-19 – interpreting the deaths data
Hospital deaths ā Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England Data for the total number of positive tests for and deaths with COVID-19 in the UK (that is, individuals hospitalised in the UK who tested positive for COVID-19) … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, coronavirus, pensions
Tagged Actuaires, Covid-19, COVID19, Death, Department of Health, NHS, Social care
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“Would you pay a social care premium?”
This was the question Radio Five Live’s Wake up to Money asked its audience this Monday morning. 2.5% off wages for the prospect of insurance against things going really wrong with your healthĀ in later life? The idea is being trailed … Continue reading
The problems of old age didn’t “go away in May”.
Back in May, the Conservatives said they were going to do something about the problems Britain has with an ageing population and insufficient preparation for their extreme old age. Instead of introducing radical reform, as their manifesto promised, they backed … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Centre for the Modern Family, Conservatives, cost of care, Jane Curtis, long term care, Social care, Theresa May
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If you don’t know who’s paying, it’s probably you.
The last few days have seen a reality check on who’s paying for the long term care of our elderly. Now I read this morning a report by the Resolution Foundation on who’sĀ paying for the deficit reduction plans … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged CARE, DB pensions, Funding, Pension Funding, pensions, Social care, Victimless crim
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