Tag Archives: Age UK

“Commission on Funding of Care & Support” 2

Age UK, in an interesting blog by Stephen Lowe entitled “Changing the Social Care Landscape”, has recently commented on the potential tension between the Dilnot Commission Report and the Law Commission Review of Adult Social Care Law.  Both are due … Continue reading

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TODAY OF ALL DAYS !

       I have complained a lot about over-sensational newspaper headlines which only succeed in worrying older people, but today I would have been pleased to see this as a front page headline   –    “Widespread neglect of elderly patients revealed”.   Instead it made … Continue reading

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“Signs of the Times”

Two full page advertisements in The Times today aimed at older people can’t be cheap.  The fact that they are there at all is an indication of the growing importance of the elderly market.  Less surprisingly they are promoting three … Continue reading

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