Social care reform is desperately-needed - but how do we fix our confusing-by-design system? The UK’s social care system is fragmented and confusing - by design, according to the politician tasked with reforming it.

Why do families in the UK end up selling their homes to pay for social care?
A warning exposes a system that is fragmented, underfunded and failing those who need it most.
#SocialCare #UKPolitics #CareCrisis
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@vox.com / Vox: "Gen Z men want babies. Gen Z women don't. | The Gray Area" / #SeanIlling #AnnaNorth #FamilyLife #Parenthood #GenderPolitics #FamilySplit #Tradwife #CareCrisis #MotherhoodPenalty #Fatherhood
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Support isn’t optional.

Removing it is harm.

#DisabilityRights #SupportCuts #CareCrisis #TheBarriersYouDontSee

Jennie: The £1,200 Robot Labrador That Proves We’ll Fund Anything Except Each Other Opinion | Satire: A CES love story about loneliness-as-a-product, Government Policy Mode, and a puppy with eyebrows doing the job of a broken care system while we all clap like trained seals.

A CES love story about loneliness-as-a-product, Government Policy Mode & a puppy with eyebrows doing the job of a broken care system while we all clap like trained seals.
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#CES #ElderCare #Dementia #SocialCare #TechSolutionism #CareCrisis #UK #Satire

Reform UK compounds Tory betrayal with care home closures Reform UK promised savings without cuts - and instead is carrying out a Tory plan to close care homes, betraying residents and staff.

Reform UK blamed the Tories for broken councils — then carried out their care home sell-off anyway. Derbyshire residents pay the price as Reform compounds a Tory betrayal.
#ReformUK #CareCrisis #SocialCare #Austerity
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Two local social workers just told us what underfunding really looks like: isolation, crisis calls, families stretched to breaking.
This isn’t inevitable — it’s political.
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#MidBucks #CareCrisis #BucksViews #CommunityFirst

This week's IL newsletter: ADASS Autumn Survey - A sharp rise in high-cost support for young adults highlights pressures across #AdultSocialCare. The latest #ADASS findings underline a growing #CareCrisis #IndependentLiving #ILnews buff.ly/FUNb9uE

‘Shocking’ pay and profits revealed as firms 'cash in' on vulnerable Scots children Scots private childcare chiefs are pocketing salaries up to twice that of the First Minister while companies rake in huge profits — despite…

Revealed: Scots childcare bosses earning up to double the FM’s salary as firms profit from vulnerable kids. #Scotland #CareCrisis #ThePromise

Off to visit OH at the hospital! Hip operation has gone well but with the dementia etc there are many issues outstanding! #dementia #falls #seniorcare #carecrisis

Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years More than third of profits analysed went to firms owned by private equity or based in tax havens, research finds

£250m in profits
Private equity payouts
Care workers on poverty pay

The care system isn't broken. It’s been hollowed out - turned into a commodity that extracts from people, not for them.

There is another way: buff.ly/kakIcfA

#Coops #CareCrisis #WednesdayWisdom

Coming up on Boldly Challenging Ableism this week we discuss the direct support care crisis and why it’s an “everyone” problem, not just for disabled people.

#BoldlyChallengingAbleism #DisabilityJustice #CareCrisis #DirectSupportWorkers #EveryoneProblem #CommunityCare #SupportNotStigma

How do we build a caring economy? - Transforming Society Anne Gray, author of 'Radical Approaches to the Care Crisis', argues that Britain’s care crisis demands a well-funded, community-based, not-for-profit system that values paid carers, supports unpaid…

Anne Gray argues that Britain’s #CareCrisis demands a well-funded, community-based, not-for-profit system that values paid #Carers, supports unpaid caregivers, and fosters collective responsibility for compassionate, reliable care: buff.ly/Iu0TnQa

A change of seasons and realistic hope: social care at a critical point.

In this week’s #podcast I explore the potential of #realistichope as the seasons change and as we face a very real #carecrisis in the delivery and survival of #socialcare supports across Scotland. What will it take to be hopeful? #leadership #politics.

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A change of seasons and realistic hope: social care at a critical point. This past week has felt like a bit of a transition week. For those of us who are parents of school-age children most of us will have experienced either this week or the previous one

A change of seasons and realistic hope: social care at a critical point. #realistichope #socialcare #carecrisis #leadership #politics #hope

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We are just in a worsening care crisis in the uk. Its already hard to find people to support you who fit your needs, their personalities or beliefs can also get in the way… but the gov seem to wanna… cut care entirely

Watch my video to support my channel #carecrisis
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240 lifeline Scottish charities warn Swinney they’re at breaking point and face collapse Inside Scotland’s care crisis: 240 lifeline charities

Scotland's social care charities are on the brink of collapse! How can we protect the vulnerable? #CareCrisis

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Care vacancy rates return to pre-pandemic levels, but war isn’t over yet New research shows 52,000 people filled social care roles in 2024/25, bringing vacancy rates down to 131,000. Today (July 29th) Skills for Care published their annual ‘Size and structure of the adult...

New research from @skillsforcare.bsky.social shows social care vacancy rates have returned to pre-pandemic levels.

Though experts warn we're not fully out of the woods yet...
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📉 The 2025 ADASS Spring Survey shows adult social care under immense pressure.
🗣️ NCF calls for urgent action: fund prevention, back care workers, include us in planning.

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#SocialCare #CareCrisis #Prevention #SupportCarers

One in five care workers live in poverty. One in ten can’t afford food. Their children go cold while they care for ours. This is the cost of compassion in broken Britain. #CareCrisis #PovertyUK #HealthFoundation #SocialCareScandal #ZeroHoursExploitation #WagesMatter #ChildPoverty

Rather than criminalizing immigration, we should be creating pathways to citizenship. And for those, like Nicolle, who provide care— we should be improving the wages and working conditions of care work.

#CareCrisis

Who Cares? Study Reveals 50 Years of U.S. Caregiving Trends As debates continue over paid leave, child care, long-term care, and workplace flexibility in U.S. policy discussions, a fundamental question often gets overlooked: Who is doing the care work, and how...

“The population is aging and there is evidence that adult care needs are growing, but the amount of care people receive is not keeping pace.”

As we await the future of Medicaid and more, we are reminded of the growing #CareCrisis that is at our door. #CareCantWait

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Denied by Design: How Bureaucracy is Hurting Kids and How to Fix It One Monday morning, Carmen found a letter in her mailbox from the state Medicaid office.

Petty rules and unreliable websites cut social spending by making it difficult for eligibles to apply for and maintain eligibility. Medicaid cuts will reach far beyond so-called "slackers" to hurt children and the elderly.

#CareCrisis

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We’ve waited five years for this.

Now the Inquiry must finally deliver answers, and real accountability, for every family failed by the Government.

This cannot be brushed under the carpet.

#CovidInquiry #CareCrisis

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📢 Our CEO @drdmacaskill.bsky.social spoke to
BBC Radio Scotland's GMS today on our international recruitment survey.

Survey shows that international staff make up 32% of the workforce, yet policy changes risk worsening the #CareCrisis.

🎧 Listen from 1:24:49: t.co/XkE4YkIquU

Immigration Survey Findings - May 2025 Scottish Care publishes Immigration Survey Findings

📢 NEW: Our immigration survey shows social care’s deep reliance on international workers.

👥 In some orgs, they make up 90%+ of staff
⚠️ Restrictions could mean closures within months

📄 Read more: buff.ly/5tcFyzd

#CareAboutCare #CareCrisis

Would love to hear your thoughts.
#CareCrisis #SocialCare #FairPay #WhoPays

Labour's Immigration Crackdown Threatens UK Care System Labour's migrant worker ban will break the care system. Is this a betrayal of our most vulnerable — or a deliberate plan? #SocialCareCrisis

Leaving work? Imagine being a carer with no support… or needing one who won’t come.
Labour’s migrant ban is care sabotage.
#LabourBetrayal #SocialCare #CareCrisis #MigrantRights
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Labour's Immigration Crackdown Threatens UK Care System Labour's migrant worker ban will break the care system. Is this a betrayal of our most vulnerable — or a deliberate plan? #SocialCareCrisis

As you have your lunch, the care system collapses. Labour is banning migrant carers with no plan to replace them.
Read. Resist. Share.
#CareCrisis #LabourBetrayal #MigrantRights #PoliticsLive
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Crass responses on radio on fixing #carecrisis via getting folks 'economically active' + 'off benefits' into caring
How many of those 9 million would fail DBS checks?
How many of those 9 million are physically capable of doing care work?
How many of those 9 million are capable of actually 'caring'?

Labour's Immigration Crackdown Threatens UK Care System Labour's migrant worker ban will break the care system. Is this a betrayal of our most vulnerable — or a deliberate plan? #SocialCareCrisis

Labour’s migrant ban in care is a deliberate act of sabotage. When care collapses, they’ll say “this is what the public wanted.” Expose the betrayal. 👇
#CareCrisis #LabourBetrayal #MigrantRights #SocialCare
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