Currently UK faces a care timebomb within seven years, with the number of elderly needing full-time help outstripping the number of carers, a report has found.
This thing is in news these days that the charity Carers UK yesterday said that without reform the care system is in danger of collapse.Actually it wants the Government to revolutionise support in the same way that parents have been given access to flexible working and tax credits.
And now the charity's warning came as politicians squabbled over whether to attend a care conference starting today, hosted by Health Secretary Andy Burnham.
Additionally, according to Carers UK, a lack of facilities means one million family members already take time off work to care for aged or disabled relatives, while another six million take some ad-hoc responsibility for caring.
And with the over-85 population expected to double to two million by 2025, the number of carers needed will have to soar as well.
According to Carers UK chief executive Imelda Redmond this army of carers will lose around £1.5bn in potential earnings.
Infact taking time off work also stores up potential problems for carers who will then find themselves facing poverty in old age as they have missed vital pension contributions.
Launching the charity's Tipping Point for Care report, Miss Redmond said: 'By 2017, we will reach the tipping point for care when the numbers of older people needing care will outstrip the numbers of working age family members currently available to meet that demand.
'Unless we take action now, we will be condemning increased families to lives of poverty and ill health.'
0 comments:
Post a Comment