Care staff 'bend rules' to get help for elderly - The Telegraph 1st November 2007

Social workers are exaggerating the needs of elderly people in order to obtain care for them because so many councils are tightening their eligibility criteria, a survey shows. Of the 300 social workers surveyed by Community Care magazine, 34 per cent said they would be prepared to bend the rules as part of the assessment process to ensure elderly people met the right thresholds for receiving services.

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