rural social care

I know I seem to have been twittering on for ever about the issue of the increasing pressure due to the rural premium of supporting people with social care needs in their own homes. This article shows how the first, of I suspect an increasing number of rural authorities, are likely to be forced into approaches to public policy they would rather avoid. It tells us that in Worcestershire  – “Under the plans, which the council admits are controversial, payments for under-65s who need care in their home would be benchmarked, as they already are for older people, with the costs of residential care. Disability campaigners fear the move could force people with physical or learning disabilities into care homes against their will – and set a precedent for other councils as they struggle to reconcile squeezed budgets with increasing demands for social care.”