Research shows the supply of retirement communities will need to increase by a third by 2040 to keep up with projected trends.
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Extend emergency funding for social care, or leave informal carers ‘high and dry’, Chancellor warned
Age UK revealed that close to 1 million older people have to take on more caring responsibilities as formal care services have been “battered by the virus”.
Too many older Londoners are unable to access the housing they need to live independently for longer, according to a think tank.
New technology, developed by scientists at Oxford University, has identified a new group of people who may be at high risk from COVID-19.
A new report from the Vatican's Pontifical Academy for Life makes the case for a rethink of how to care for people in their later years, post-pandemic.
Of the 50,888 deaths involving COVID from from January 24 to November 20, 30,296 people were disabled - some 59.5%.
The report shows that thousands more adults could be supported to live in their own homes, but only if councils are able to deliver social care services.
The review recommends that the National Care Service should be established on an equal footing with NHS Scotland.
A total of 469 COVID-19 deaths among social care staff were registered last year, with 'care workers and home carers' accounting for 74% of these.
Measures are needed to support people to fully self-isolate, as new research shows that less than a third of people are adhering to the rules, a health committee has said.