Free personal care would be fairer and cut NHS pressures

Free personal care would be fairer and cut NHS pressures Free personal care is a fairer, more transparent system that is affordable, would benefit far more older people than the current system does, and can eliminate “catastrophic costs” for all older people receiving care – as well as reducing pressures on the NHS – according to Independent Age. The charity reported that various proposals to cap the costs of care would leave the majority of older people still at risk of “catastrophic costs”, while costing not much less than free personal care. OnMedica