Care home residents supported by hand-outs to meet fees

Rising numbers of elderly people are being supported with cash hand-outs from family and friends to meet local authority care home fees. Care home analysts Laing & Buisson says the number of state-funded older care home residents paying top-up fees have risen 4% to 56,000 a year.

But some may be moved if these fees can't be paid - and the distances could be considerable.%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%