The Daily Telegraph reports that one of the biggest charity coalitions of its kind is demanding an urgent national debate on funding long-term care for the elderly, amid warnings that the current system is shambolic.
While one in five people will need care in the future, the system is not fit for current pensioners let alone their children, the coalition claims. Yet few people know at first hand the extent of the chaos.
The "Caring Choices" coalition, run by the King's Fund, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Help the Aged, and Age Concern, and supported by 11 other organisations spanning health and care, is hosting debates across the country to address failings and look at solutions.
Julia Unwin, the director of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, a social research charity, says: "The current system is neither fair, clear nor sustainable and the time has come to devise a system that is fit for the 21st Century."
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