Efforts to keep elderly at home
Kent County Council is encouraging more people to care for elderly residents at home, rather than putting them into care homes. It's hoped it'll reduce demands on adult social care.
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Council denies cuts will put vulnerable more at risk
Fred Dinenage spoke to the head of Adult social services in Kent, Graham Gibbens, and began by asking him how much will be saved from the current care service budget of £350m?
Elderly care cuts
Could more of us end up caring for our elderly and disabled relatives at home? Kent County Council wants to make drastic cuts to adult social services. That means fewer places in residential homes with more emphasis on care at home.
The council says it has to make savings of two hundred million pounds by 2015 - a large part of which will come from care budgets - a move which will affect thousands of families in the South East. Tom Savvides investigates.
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Redesigning care for the elderly
Kent County Council is proposing an overhaul of care services for the elderly to reduce pressure on adult social care in the county.
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