Blaming a "funding shortfall and the widening impact of NHS cuts", Britain's social care watchdog reports today that hundreds of thousands of elderly and disabled people are facing the withdrawal of their home care services.
The Commission for Social Care Inspection report highlights more than 100 councils limiting care services to only the most dependent people, leaving without help those regarded as unable to manage "several" care tasks like washing, dressing, cleaning or shopping, highlights The Times.
North Yorkshire, Northumberland and West Berkshire are singled out as areas where councils have already started restricting home care services to the most critical cases.
Local authorities are blaming government grants for social services failing to keep up with growing numbers of elderly people, along with extra burdens being placed on their finances by NHS cutbacks.
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