General Article Thousands struggling to eat, wash or leave their homes

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New research exposes the scale of the Government’s social care crisis for disabled people: thousands struggling to eat or wash or leave their homes:

  • Almost 40% of disabled people receiving social care support are not having their basic needs met, including eating, washing, dressing or getting out of the house.
  • To make matters worse, Government proposals risk up to 105,000 disabled people failing to get basic support for their day-to-day lives.
  • A £1.2 billion funding gap in social care su...

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