To engage the Wealth Of Wisdom to be
found amongst older people
CHARGING FOR LONG TERM CARE
Charging for residential care provided by Local Authorities under Part Three of the 1948 National Assistance Act has remained almost unchanged since that time. What has changed has been the growth in owner occupation and the transfer of responsibility for funding some nursing home placements to Social Services Departments in 1993.
The need for long term care strikes at random.
This is the kind of shared risk that the Royal Commission so eloquently argued is best met out of taxation. And, according to a recent Mori Poll, 75% of the population of England and Wales agree. As it stands, one in eight of 85 year olds face the prospect of losing their life's savings.
CAMPAIGNING:
IN SUPPORT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
ROYAL COMMISSION ON LONG TERM CARE
Claire Rayner and Robin Wendt CBE, members of the Royal Commission on Long Term Care, addressing Age Concern Hampshire's Annual Conference
Putting the
WOW
into retirement
