ADASS responds to Age UK report on funding care for older people

“With an ageing population and a significant funding gap facing adult social care that the sector has long warned of, it’s crucial that the Government seize the opportunity of the upcoming green paper to explain how it will put social care on a sustainable, long-term footing.

“We know that ensuring older people or people with disabilities can live as independently as possible is essential to making sure that we not only reduce pressures on both adult social care and the NHS, but also to ensure people can have fulfilling lives. That’s why it’s essential the government supply urgent interim funding whilst we wait for a long-term funding settlement in the upcoming green paper.”