Dilnot commission Articles

There are several theories for why we pay care workers relatively little. Devaluation theory describes it in terms of gender bias – most care workers are women, and given decision-makers’ tendency to underestimate the contribution of female-dominated roles to the...

Last week the government announced new plans for social care funding. Responding to Andrew Dilnot’s recommendations, Jeremy Hunt set a cap of £75,000 on people’s contributions to the costs of their care, and raised the ‘asset threshold’ to £123,000. It means that from...

It’s a little-known fact that ‘Men Who Hate Women’ was the original title in Swedish of Stieg Larsson’s book The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, before publishers rejected it as too offputting to readers. Perhaps a similar rationale led to that same title being rejected...

The ‘care crunch’ is likely to affect everyone at some stage in their life. At its foundation is the simple fact that we all want our loved ones to receive the best support to live as happily and healthily as possible. We are not ‘health’ or ‘social care’ but human...