800,000 more care workers by 2025

Originally posted @ 8:27 am, Mon 22nd Sep 2008

There's a tendency to say that the real interest at the conference is at the fringe meetings. However, often starting late, sometimes with platforms of six or more speakers, it's not always the case.

Still, there's usually useful and sometimes startling stuff to glean.

A meeting on personalised social care not showed that initial responses from people who've used self-direct care is that the approach is popular.

Startling was the projection that with our ageing population, the existing people working in care will grow from the current 1.4 million to 2.2 million by 2025.