Health and care professionals urged to help remove embarrassment around care

Health and social care professionals could play a vital role in helping older people to overcome embarrassment around their care needs, a new study has shown.  The research by YouGov for care and support provider Centra, part of not-for-profit Circle Housing, found that three out of five (60%) over-65s who don’t already receive support would be too embarrassed to bring up their care needs with either their GP or a friend or family member. Instead, 41% said they would wait for their GP to bring up the subject first and consider getting support once they recommended it. A fifth (20%)