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Charity calls for drastic reform of social care for the elderly

Age UK has published a report calling for change in how care for older people is approached.

The Independent UK

Properly funded social care best 75th birthday gift for NHS, say charities

The Care and Support Alliance warned a vicious circle was causing significant heartache and distress to service users.

The Independent UK

Older people at risk of being excluded from digital world, says charity

Age UK said councils must remember when digitising their services that not everyone is online.

The Independent UK

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Age UK highlights evidence of ‘great un-retirement’ as living costs bite

The charity said it is continuing to hear from older people whose retirement plans are being hit by the impact of inflation.

The Independent UK

Two in five over-65s with bank account ‘do not manage their money online’

Age UK has raised fears about the potential for older people being at risk of financial exclusion.

The Independent UK

Call for social care road map as system is ‘so close to breaking point’

The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services commissioned a report on the changes needed in the sector.

The Independent UK

Thousands of elderly people in Greater Manchester living alone without central heating

Age UK described new analysis released today as 'of tremendous concern'

Manchester Evening News

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One in 25 older people living alone have no central heating

Area by area, the figures show how many people over 65 are living in deprivation

Wales Online

One in 25 elderly people ‘live alone without central heating in some areas’

Age UK said the figures are ‘of tremendous concern’ and urged the Government to ‘make sure that it is prepared for next winter’.

The Independent UK

Create Older People's Commissioner to fight pensioners' corner, say campaigners

A host of organisations are demanding a new tsar to champion OAPs' rights in the corridors of power amid fears their voices are being silenced

Daily Mirror

Charity calls for more financial help for older people despite bumper pay rise to State Pension next month

State Pension payments are rising to up to £815 each month for some older people in April.

Daily Record

‘Health and Care Chancellor’ urged to support social care in Budget

Unpaid carers have been left to fill a gap due to a shortfall of social care services at a time of growing demand, the Care and Support Alliance said.

The Independent UK

Tories' 'crisis, cash, repeat' approach to social care blasted by experts

The Institute for Government published a report calling for a longer-term approach to tackling chronic problems in the sector - which could eventually ease pressure on the NHS

Daily Mirror

‘Heartbreak’ over plight of elderly who ‘go to the grave without proper care’

Age UK said the pandemic cannot be blamed because social care services were already struggling to secure enough staff and funding.

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Fury at Rishi Sunak over 'delay to social care costs cap' in Autumn Statement

Fears are growing that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt are poised to kick the cap on social care costs in to the long grass next week - and it may never be revived

The Independent UK

Elderly ‘cut back on care’ as cost-of-living crisis bites

Age UK warned that there could be knock on impacts on the NHS.

The Independent UK

Liz Truss: No-one will be forced to sell their home to pay for social care

The PM said her ‘first priority’ for the sector is properly funding it over the winter because there are ‘too many’ people staying in hospital.

Wales Online

Boss faces closing down care home as gas bill increases by 1,000 per cent

Joyce Pinfield, who runs Greenacres in Crowle, Scunthorpe, says she does not know how she will afford increased electricity and gas costs

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The Independent UK

Next PM ‘must be more intelligent about social care after years of neglect’

Analysis by the Care and Support Alliance suggests an ‘astonishing’ one in eight older people are going without the social care they need.

The Independent UK

State pensioners could be left with just over £10 a day after energy price cap hike

Charity groups across UK raise alarm over steep rise in living costs for senior citizens

Daily Mirror

State pension will rise by around 10% under Liz Truss amid fears of 'unprecedented deaths'

The Foreign Secretary had faced calls to restore the triple lock - which raises pensions by 2.5%, earnings or September's inflation figure, whichever is highest - if she wins the race for Number 10

The Independent UK

‘Unprecedented numbers’ of pensioners may die without energy bill help – charity

Age UK has written to Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, urging them to commit publicly to emergency support for older people and those on low incomes.

The Independent UK

Grandfather, 85, taken to hospital after fall while waiting for care assessment

Douglas Barton requested an assessment for his father to go into residential care in early July, but said he was not given a date.

Manchester Evening News

ITV Corrie legend Audrey Roberts in devastating suicide attempt storyline

Coronation Street is to highlight the issues of mental health and the impact of loneliness in older people

The Independent UK

Society ‘collectively devaluing’ elderly and disabled as social care delays rise

Almost 300,000 people are waiting for social care assessments in England, the latest figures from council social care directors suggest.

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