Councils face £1.6bn care bill warns report
Source: LocalGov
Councils face £1.6bn annual bill for care as the number of people willing to deplete their wealth in order to ensure councils pay for their long-term care doubles, according to Partnership.
A recent Care Report, published by the specialist insurers, discovered the proportion of people who would be happy to reduce their assets below the £23,250 threshold in order to ensure councils pay for their long-term care has almost doubled in two years from 23% (2013) to 43% (2015).
This means that councils in England face a potential £1.6bn in costs, which will combine with the possible £1bn living wage bill and place a lot of pressure on local services.
Partnership’s report found that councils in the south east (£338m) and east (£211m) are likely to be the most impacted due to the high number of expensive care homes in these regions.
The report also found people living in the north east, the area with the highest number of people already claiming local authority support for care, are most likely to say they would spend their wealth and fall back on the state for support.
Councils face £1.6bn annual bill for care as the number of people willing to deplete their wealth in order to ensure councils pay for their long-term care doubles, according to Partnership.
A recent Care Report, published by the specialist insurers, discovered the proportion of people who would be happy to reduce their assets below the £23,250 threshold in order to ensure councils pay for their long-term care has almost doubled in two years from 23% (2013) to 43% (2015).
This means that councils in England face a potential £1.6bn in costs, which will combine with the possible £1bn living wage bill and place a lot of pressure on local services.
Partnership’s report found that councils in the south east (£338m) and east (£211m) are likely to be the most impacted due to the high number of expensive care homes in these regions.
The report also found people living in the north east, the area with the highest number of people already claiming local authority support for care, are most likely to say they would spend their wealth and fall back on the state for support.
