ALMOST 100 Brits are financially ruined each week after being forced to sell their home or wipe out savings to pay for care. Age UK said old people who fail to qualify for free aid spent £7.4billio…
100 Brits a WEEK being forced to sell their homes or empty their savings to pay for careALMOST 100 Brits are financially ruined each week after being forced to sell their home or wipe out savings to pay for care.
And the charity found 14 people a day - or 98 a week - are exhausting their assets paying “staggering” sums for such services.and ensure nobody had to sell their home to pay for vital help when he became PM. It means they have run down their savings and assets paying for care until they have virtually nothing left.Age UK wants social care to be paid for from a national fund, like the NHS, and is calling for urgent reforms of the system.
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