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The first indispensable guide for anyone caring for older relatives
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Are you worried about an older relative, but don’t know who to turn to for help? Are you unsure about what benefits older people are entitled to, or how to arrange and fund care? You are not alone.
The Essential Family Guide to Caring for Older People is the first, and ultimate source of information and help for families to make informed choices about their relatives (and later, their own) care.
Not only covering important, practical topics, such as care funding options - the majority of care homes cost around £80,000 p/a - important legal considerations and guidance on the main physical and mental health issues that affect older people, this useful guide also offers help people to cope as a carer, with important advice on juggling family, work and caring responsibilities while looking after yourself. Deborah Stone draws on her extensive experience working in elder care to offer practical advice on every aspect of the field in-depth.
There are around 11 million direct and indirect carers in the UK and three in every five people will be carers at some point in their lives.
By 2030, the number of carers will increase by 3.4 million.
Caring carries both health and financial burdens with sixty-five per cent of older carers – those aged between 60 and 94 – having long-term health problems, or a disability and 69 per cent of older carers saying that being a carer has an adverse effect on their own mental health.
Fifty-three per cent of carers have borrowed money as a result of their caring responsibilities and 60 per cent have used all their savings to cover the costs of caring.
Deborah Stone is a leading expert in the field of elder care. Through her website, www.maturethinking.co.uk she provides information and advice for families caring for older people, as well as advising companies on the effective development of products and services for older people. Deborah regularly appears on BBC, ITV, Sky and Channel 5 as a care expert, as well as contributing to lifestyle magazines and national newspapers with advice for those making decisions about care for relatives.
