Tagged: social care services

Focus on Disability - For Disabled People, the Elderly and their Carers in the UK

1st April 2015

England’s ‘Care Act’ Changes Still Leaves Care Cuts For 500,000

Major reforms to England’s social care services, introduced today, are “built on sand”, a coalition of leading charities has warned. The Care and Support Alliance (CSA) said that despite “bold” changes brought in by the...

Age Issues / Care Services / Focus on Disability / Social Care

11th March 2015

Elderly Care – ‘Double Blow’ of Service Cuts

Emily Dugan writing in The Independent – Older people have been hit with a “double whammy” of cuts to social care and a huge drop in the number of community nurses to help them at...