Social care needs for over-85s predicted to double in next 20 years

It is predicted that, overall, more than 1 million people aged 65 or over will require round-the-clock social care by 2035.The number of people in the UK aged 85 or older who require round-the-clock help to eat, dress, wash and go to the toilet will almost double over the next 20 years, research has suggested, highlighting the explosion in social care needs.An estimated 446,000 of over-85s will have “high dependency” care needs by 2035, up from 233,000 in 2015, and equivalent to 10%