Bluebird Care Provides Alternative To Care Homes

The Franchise Magazine:

Home care franchise Bluebird Care has released a YouGov poll looking into the nation’s views on paying for their care needs when they are older and most importantly who is going to pick up the bill.

The research showed that 53 per cent of people over 45 still retain the belief that the state is going to pay for their care costs when they are older, this compares in sharp contract to 13 per cent of under 25’s. It seems that the over 45’s still believe that being a lifetime tax payer entitles you to be looked after by the state when you are old, whereas the younger generation have switched on to the fact that like many other things they themselves will be footing the bill.

The care industry watchdog The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has revealed that the numbers of older people being denied council funded care has risen by over 80,000 in the last 12 months, which, according to Bluebird Care, only goes to show that there is a financial time bomb for funding care.

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