AN ACCRINGTON care home has backed the Mayor of Hyndburn after she launched a campaign calling for a Minister for Older People. Springhill Care Group, which runs Springhill Care Home in Fairfield Street, said it agreed with Councillor Colette McCormack that government action was ‘urgently needed’ to focus on the issues facing the UK’s growing population of older people. There are now over 14million people in the UK aged 60 and above, more than the number under 18. The number of people aged 60 or over is expected to pass the 20million mark by 2031, and there are expected to be more than a million people with dementia by 2021. Ken Nolan, chairman of Springhill Care Group, which also runs homes in Skelmersdale and Bristol, said: “We are joining the lobby to establish a dedicated Minister for Older People, and by that we mean commitment at government level to issues including resourcing good quality care, housing and finance.
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