Kenneth Elliott + Rowe Solicitors

Elderly people fear that care services for the over-65s will be the first thing to be cut by councils struggling to balance their budgets.

Widespread public confusion remains over how the adult care system works, two years after councils in England were set personalisation targets to improve information and advice for citizens, research has found.

Older people with social care support often need help to eat healthily. But is this best achieved by providing them with good advice and personal budgets or nutritious food, asks Vern Pitt