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By Darren Michel, Assistant Manager – Claims & Medical Underwriting, Generali UK Employee Benefits
April has come and gone. And that elusive Social Care Green Paper has been kicked down the road yet again. The provision and funding of care for the elderly represents an ongoing challenge in our ageing society. It’s a challenge that is all too real for the c600 people a day that quit work to look after older and disabled relatives every day, according to statistics from Carers UK. In recognition, the charity recently called for better employment rights for carers. So, what can you – as an employer – do right now to help take the strain?
What’s the latest?
The government has now missed its fifth deadline for its much-awaited Green Paper on social care funding after it first revealed its intention to publish the report more than two years ago.
