Helen Morrissey asks what needs to be done to simplify the care system.
The funding of long-term care is a major issue for policy makers and local authorities concerned about our ageing population's ability to pay for this service. But despite these legitimate worries, it is not an area widely discussed by the population at large. People don't think or do not want to think it will happen to them and so don't prepare for it. Similarly, it is not an area many advisers choose to specialise in and so people's questions often go unanswered. Indeed, it is only when people find themselves at the point of need that they even consider getting more information bu...
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