The current system means it is cheaper for families to put relations in the
hands of local council-run care services, according to a report from the
Free Enterprise Group.
The organisation said the Government could save an estimated £1.14 billion a
year by funding families directly. Chris Skidmore, the MP for Kingswood, who
wrote the report, said: “Where a local authority might otherwise be paying
several hundred pounds a week for residential care, they could instead be
offering a fraction of that to a relative to provide care themselves.”
Such a move would improve “quality of life” for the elderly, allowing them to
stay at home “and be looked after by the people that know them best”.
Charities and campaigners have warned that funding cuts have left
council-supported services in crisis, with more elderly people kept in
hospital for longer because of a shortage of nursing home places.
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