Tag Archives: Care Home Bed Loss

Care Home Costs Rise At The Fastest Rate Ever

CARE home bills are rising at their fastest rate on record; figures showed yesterday. Annual costs for a care home place jumped 9.6 percent this year – nearly double last year’s 5.2 percent rise. The average price paid by a …

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Tories Ditch Plan To Cap Care Home Fees By 2020

The Tories’ pledge to introduce a cap on social care costs by 2020 has been officially abandoned. David Cameron promised to bring in an upper limit of about £75,000 on the amount people must pay towards their own care. This …

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Care homes face ‘huge shortfall’ in available beds

Up to 3,000 older adults will not be able to get beds in UK care homes by the end of next year, research suggests. Research commissioned by BBC Radio 4’s You and Yours programme reveals a massive shortfall in the …

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