Caroline Abrahams Articles

Today Age UK publishes new research showing that nearly 900,000 older people aged 65-89 in England with a social care need are without any support. Nearly a third of older people who have difficulty in carrying out an essential daily task like washing or dressing do...

It is terrific that the IPPR Condition of Britain report's chapter on older people begins by celebrating the achievement of an ageing population, but how good are its policies? A decent income in retirement is crucial and depends largely on your lifetime earnings and...

We are all living longer, but the full implications of this are only beginning to dawn on us, and nowhere is this more apparent than with social care. In the UK the number of people aged 65 and over are projected to rise by nearly 50 per cent in the next 20 years,...