Massive fall in care spend on older patients

A damning report from Age UK reveals that spend on social care services for older people has dropped by at least £769m since 2010.The report published recently reveals the disastrous depths that the crisis in care has reached and its distressing human cost. The evidence and analysis set out in the report €˜Care in Crisis 2014′ shows the deep problems with social care and support for older people in England.Despite rising demand, the amount spent on social care services for older people has dropped by a massive £1.2bn (15.4%) since 2010. Since then, to help compensate for substantial wider cuts in local