Long Term Care

Advisers should broaden their business expertise to help clients plan more effectively for how long-term care fees will be paid, Partnership has said.

Fiona Murphy asks why government has delayed long-term care legislation and what it means for the industry.

Draft legislation on reforming long-term care has been confirmed in the Queen's Speech.

Partnership's managing director of care Chris Horlick told MPs that the long-term care debate has moved on, as he gave evidence at an independent committee on long-term funding.

In this week's quick fire poll, we ask Is government's decision to delay implementation of long-term care legislation for at least a further 18 months a poor move?

Long-term care advisers are well placed to deal with RDR, delegates at the ninth Symponia conference heard.

Two-thirds of IFAs do not account for long-term care within clients' financial planning; according to a survey.

An inquiry into the future of long term care and how best to prepare people for its cost has been launched by a group of MPs and peers.

In this week's quick fire poll we ask: Could pre-funded long-term care insurance products come back into fashion if they had an annuity underpin?

As the industry prepares for the Government White Paper on social reform Sue Elliott looks at how the debate has developed post- Dilnot.