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‘Worst financial outlook for years’ for adult social care revealed by directors’ survey

Community Care

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Adult social care faces its “worst financial outlook” for at least seven years on the back of rising levels and complexity of need and costs being shifted from the NHS, a survey of directors has revealed. Despite receiving what the previous government described as the “biggest funding increase in history” for 2023-25, councils overspent their adult care budgets by £5

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Aged care homes accused of ‘short-changing’ Australians as nearly two-thirds fail to meet care-minute targets

The Guardian

Study finds providers making profits off government funding despite falling short on mandatory care targets Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Aged care homes should not be “short-changing” older people by making profits off government funding while falling short of mandatory care targets, advocates say, as pressure grows on the federal government to introduce the new Aged Care Act to parliament after repeated delays.