Our News
We have a variety of news items in the care sector that offer prominent and useful information to casual and professional readers. We have worked with a plethora of UK Councils in the residential care sector and have a wide range of article placements in mainstream newspaper outlets. All news items are here to help individuals receive the care they need at a fair price.
LocalGov -The Scrutiny of Foster Care Costs
The cost of fostering has been in the press recently as figures have been published stating that independent foster agencies (IFAs) are increasing the cost charged to local authorities for placing children with families. All of this embroiled against a backdrop of multi-million pounds dividends for investors and huge director salaries.
The Telegraph – Care Costs could decimate your assets
Care costs threaten to decimate the wealth that elderly people have spent their lives accumulating, but what are the options available to keep costs down? The price of care has risen in recent years, thanks to a combination of short supply, care home operators struggling financially, and cuts to local authority budgets.
The Telegraph – How appalling upfront fees add up
The charges are ostensibly used to cover clinical costs ahead of a resident’s arrival, but industry insiders have described them as “appalling and unnecessary”. Barchester Healthcare and Care UK, which collectively have around 20,000 residents, both charge residents a fee equivalent to up to two weeks’ care before moving in.
The Telegraph – ‘Care home charged £2,000 for nursing my mother – after she’d died’
Grieving families whose loved ones die in a care home are being charged after-death fees, often totalling several thousands of pounds. The charges, which are ubiquitous across the industry, are ostensibly to cover lost income while rooms are cleared out and cleaned before another resident can move in.
The Telegraph – Nursing home billed me £600,000 – for what?
One 95 year-old nursing home resident has seen her fees rise 129pc, with barely any explanation Dr Edmondson (pictured) calculates that his aunt Eunice will have spent £600,000 on her care home fees over 13 years
The Telegraph – Care crisis: this is why Britain’s care homes are charging the dead
Part of the CMA’s investigation focuses on the terms of contracts entered into when family members enter a care home.
The watchdog is concerned that homes may be breaking the law by charging large upfront fees when it’s not clear what services they relate to. The inquiry is also looking at cases where care homes continue to collect fees after the person in care has died.
Healthcare Leader: CHC demand significant amounts from healthcare budgets
Care for patients with complex needs could cost thousands of pounds per week, for many years, so working out a better deal on the prices quoted could create much-needed, sustainable savings.
Healthcare Leader – Managing Continuing Health Care Spend
Continuing Healthcare (CHC) packages demand significant amounts from healthcare budgets. Care for patients with complex needs could cost thousands of pounds per week, for many years, so working out a better deal on the prices quoted could create much-needed, sustainable savings.