Privately-paid homecare growing rapidly(11/02/07)

(11/02/07)Privately-paid homecare is now growing more rapidly than local authority funded homecare, according to Laing & Buisson’s annual homecare survey published in Domiciliary Care UK Market Report 2007*.Homecare providers reported an eight percent increase in privately-paid hours compared with a six percent increase in hours funded by social services. “Even private purchasers without advice from…