More Funding To Ease Care Concern
Plans to spend an extra £1.6m on care services for older people have been announced by Perth and Kinross Council. The move came amid concern over councils operating waiting lists for the Scottish Executive’s flagship free personal care for the elderly policy. There are 48 people in Perth and Kinross currently on a waiting list. The authority, which said it spent more money on the service than the executive provided, expects the number of eligible people to increase.
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