Older people taking up personal budgets often face cuts to the level of care they can afford and are forced to do so because it is the only way they can continue to use their familiar care worker, according to new research.
The study from Laing & Buisson also revealed that local authorities have cut spending on homecare services but this has largely been replaced by personalised budgets. Personal care budgets have raised many concerns from health managers and age charities and the latest revelation is likely to increase these worries. In March 2010 132,000 people were receiving personal budgets or direct payments, of which 48% were young disabled adults, 12% were older people aged under 75 and 40% were aged over 75. The research indicated that not all older people who are given personal budgets are wi...
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