Article: OAP CARE BILL SOARS BY pounds 100m; Costs rise as more of our elderly opt to stay at home.(News)

Article: Free personal care for our elderly is my ultimate aim...(NEWS)
Sunday Life (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  June 3, 2007 ;     511 words ......Assembly. Tuesday saw a debate on free personal care for the elderly. This is an...towards the implementation of free personal care for the elderly. As a result...need to be taken to introduce free personal care as soon as possible. A number...

Article: Secret files reveal bitter Labour infighting over flagship policy on free personal care Officials surrender after three-year fight to block release of data Officials surrender after three-year fight to block release of data INFORMATION: DISCLOSURE
The Sunday Herald;  June 15, 2008 ;     700+ words ......of Labour ministers opposed free personal care when the policy was backed...ministers about the policy. Free personal care became a key issue in 2000...Henry McLeish, a supporter of free personal care. A parliamentary statement...

Article: Hundreds of elderly may miss out on free personal care package despite eligibility
The Scotsman;  June 29, 2002 ;     470 words ......Executive's radical plans for free personal care are introduced for the first...because they had not applied. The free personal care package is a flagship policy...introduced on Monday, providing free personal care for every elderly person needing...

Article: Rising cost of free personalcare for elderly Free personal care for the elderly cost pounds237million last year, according to figures released yesterday.
Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK);  June 27, 2007 ;     307 words ...Free personal care for the elderly cost pounds237million...590 in 2002 to The number receiving free personal care at home went up from 27,340 to 41,240 over the same period. Spending on free personal care for care home residents last year...

Article: Sturgeon pledges funds for free personal care for elderly
Evening News - Scotland;  June 14, 2007 ;     566 words ......today pledged extra funding for free personal care for pensioners. The payments...whose report first recommended free personal care - is to chair an independent...payments lost to Scotland when free personal care was brought in. The SNP signalled...

Article: Call for reform of free personal care amid soaring Shetland costs
Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK);  June 14, 2006 ;     696 words ......yesterday. A major rethink of free personal care has been urged by the parliament...councils were being allocated for free personal care and how much they expected...pounds1.9million. The level of free personal care funding has not been tied to...

Article: Row brewing over council charges for personal care.
Berwickshire Advertiser (Berwick upon Tweed, England);  March 2, 2006 ;     541 words ......lottery exists when it comes to free personal care for the elderly. Now legal...should be free as it is part of free personal care. An Executive spokeswoman said...meal preparation is part of free personal care and should not be charged for...

Article: MLAs urged to back free personal care for elderly Assemblyman wants less talk and more action
Belfast Telegraph;  May 30, 2007 ;     273 words ......that this Assembly calls for free personal care for the elderly, which was...in an amendment calling for free personal care to be included in the bill...and strong campaigners for free personal care for older people. The four...

Article: Report calls for need to define free personal care costs
Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK);  June 21, 2006 ;     460 words ......what makes up the costs of free personal care were highlighted in a report...found in its own report that free personal care had been generally successful...establish a baseline for developing free personal care. It states that "a clear, unambiguous...

Article: POINTS OF VIEW: Assembly wrong on personal care.(COMMENTS)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  July 5, 2002 ;     237 words ......does not make provision for free personal care which includes such activities...which would have introduced free personal care and was in line with the motion...comprehensive package including free personal care, Northern Ireland Assembly...

Article: Fresh blow to free personal care system
The Scotsman;  June 21, 2006 ;     255 words ......of the policy of free personal and nursing care...the policy and that free personal care was introduced at...elderly. The cost of free personal and nursing care...The report said the personal- care bill had exceeded...

Article: Minister's pledge on OAP free personal care
Evening Times;  November 18, 2002 ;     380 words ......that all those entitled to free personal care will receive it. Mr Chisholm...personal care, they will get free personal care." A spokesman for Mr McConnell...anyone assessed as needing free personal care will receive it." The Convention...

Article: High spending on free care is no guarantee of better services High levels of spending by local authorities on free personal care for the elderly do not necessarily mean better services, according to a report issued today.
Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK);  July 4, 2007 ;     400 words ......spending by local authorities on free personal care for the elderly do not necessarily...emerged last week that costs of free personal care reached pounds237million. Earlier...overspent and attributed this to free personal care. The amount of care offered...

Article: Holyrood to end postcode lottery over free personal care for elderly
The Scotsman;  May 16, 2008 ;     700+ words ......would force councils to deliver free personal care to the elderly after MSPs voted...preparation due to a loophole in the free personal care legislation of 2002. The vote...by the UK government after free personal care was introduced. However, Labour...