I have argued in this blog for years that the only way to release significantnt resources to pay for good quality social for older people is to unlock the equity many older people have in their houses and then expect … Continue reading
Amid all the recent concern about the shortage of funding for older people needing care, “Social care ” hit the headlines today from a rather unusual source. This is The Times front page headline for the 10 May :- ” Stop … Continue reading
One of the good things to come from de-cluttering is that it gives you new ideas for things to write about. A stored up sense of history. A temporarily buried time capsule. A more distant perspective … Continue reading
Since the publication of our Last Laugh Looney Party manifesto the opinion polls have been very encouraging. So far we have received 100% support from older people, admittedly the poll was rather small, in fact it was just … Continue reading
There is an election coming up so de-cluttering at home has been set aside for a while in order to put the world to rights. There are so many problems all connected with older people and let’s face … Continue reading
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In their de-cluttering efforts the Tidy Bears rediscovered a House of Lords Select Committee report I was given in March 2013, entitled ” Ready for Ageing ? ” I can’t imagine why I didn’t write about it at the time, maybe I didn’t … Continue reading
This is a post about politicians, pensioners and social care. It follows on from my blogs on the previous two Sunday’s which are entitled – “Older People are Clutter” and “Social Care Straws in the Wind”. The local election season … Continue reading
Social care for older people is in a mess. An almost permanent hotchpotch of indecision and political prevarication. The truth is nobody much cares about older voters until elections come around. The NHS does as little social care … Continue reading
For weeks now I have been writing about clutter and in the meantime politicians have been assailed from all sides by concerns about the perilous situation of funding for social care for older people. Then it occurred to me that … Continue reading
The Conservative party has long seen itself as a champion of older people. It prides and preens itself as a supporter of traditional British values. This has kept it in power for the last two general elections propped … Continue reading
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