This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition Provide proper NHS funded care for elderly people and stop penalising them.
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My elderly father was troubled in his later years by threats to charge him for care. He was told that he might have to pay the best part of £1,000 a week for a care home, something which he refused to accept. The NHS was supposed to provide care from cradle to grave. Getting old is not a crime.
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/253503
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