We are deligted to announce that our new offices in the Wirral will open on the 24th August 2015. The company will be based in Heswell at:
321 Pensby Road
Heswall
Wirral
CH61 9ND
We will shortly be announcing the appointment of our Registered Manager who will play an important part in the development of the company on the Wirral.
One out of every five elderly people in the UK who feel lonely say they have no-one to turn to, a survey indicates. The Campaign to End Loneliness charity says older people need a “range of support” to help them fight loneliness.
Transport and technology are essential to support the elderly, says the charity, as it launches an online guidance service for local authorities.
The Local Government Association says given tightening budgets, it gives the best possible care to those in need.
As its survey on loneliness is published, the charity warns that earlier research has shown loneliness and isolation are as risky to health in older people as “smoking 15 cigarettes a day”.
The charity is calling on local authorities to “take the lead” in tackling loneliness in older people.
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The National Living Wage could result in a “catastrophic failure” in the home care market, the industry is warning.
About 500,000 vulnerable over-65s rely on the support, which includes help with washing and dressing.
But in a letter to the government, the UK Homecare Association said unless extra money was put into the sector, it would leave services “unviable”.
The majority of care is bought by councils, but the group said they do not pay enough for care firms to cope.
Under plans announced in the Budget, workers aged over 25 in the UK will be paid a minimum of £7.20 an hour from April next year, rising to £9 by 2020.
The UKHCA believes the introduction of the National Living Wage will require councils to pay a minimum price of £16.70 an hour for services.
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The government says its flagship policy to cap care costs in England will be delayed until 2020.
Costs were to be limited to £72,000 for the over-65s and younger adults with disabilities from April 2016.
The Department of Health said it was still “firmly committed” to the cap, but questions are now being raised whether the policy needs rethinking.
The move came after councils wrote to ministers asking for a delay because of the “enormous pressures” they faced.
For years councils have been warning the care system – which covers residential care and help at home with tasks such as washing and dressing – has been underfunded. A shortfall of £4.3bn has been predicted by the end of the decade – nearly a third.
Concerns had also been expressed that the drive for a national living wage would push up costs.
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