England's Aging Population Faces Urgent Social Care Crisis
A government-commissioned review paints a bleak picture of England's crumbling adult social care system, warning it's held together with 'sticking plasters and glue'.
England's adult social care system is in a state of crisis, facing a moment of reckoning as it struggles to effectively and fairly meet the needs of the country's aging population and rising numbers of people with chronic conditions like dementia and Alzheimer's.
According to a damning assessment by the head of a government-commissioned review, the system is confusing and impenetrable to those who rely on it, held together with nothing more than sticking plasters and glue. The country's creaking social care infrastructure is simply not equipped to handle the scale of the challenge it faces.
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Louise Casey, who led the review, said England is facing a
Source: The Guardian
