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You and Yours: Cost of Care, Flexible Working, Clock and Watch Repairs

Cost of Care, Flexible Working, Clock and Watch Repairs

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Cost of Care, Flexible Working, Clock and Watch Repairs

The rising cost of care. Co-working spaces. Shortage of clock and watch repairers.

How inflation has pushed up the cost of care and is forcing cutbacks. The new wave of co-working spaces as more people work remotely. Why clock making is an endangered craft.

Inflation is pushing up the cost of care. The price of a nursing home place rose by ten percent last year. It now costs on average nearly £1,200 a week for someone who needs round the clock nursing care. That figure is from the analysts Hargreaves Lansdown. It means people funding their own care are getting through their savings more quickly. It's also hard on people who rely on local authorities to fund their places because councils are paying below the market rate and some care homes are now refusing to take people who can't pay for themselves. We hear from a listener who has struggled to find a nursing home for her father, whose care is council-funded, and is worried he might lose his place because he spends a lot of time in hospital. We also speak to Belinda Schwehr from the Centre for Adults' Social Care, a charity that gives advice on health and social care rights. 

We look at the new wave in co-working spaces that are springing up in towns and cities across the UK. Our reporter, Tara Holmes, meets people at the Coworking Corner in Matlock, Derbyshire, to find out why they are are willing to spend their own money to work alongside others when they don't work for the same company and do different kinds of jobs. Presenter Winifred Robinson speaks to Dr Sarosh Khan, Director of HSM Advisory, a research organisation in London that advises on the future of work, and asks whether remote workers can be as productive as those who are in the office full time.

There are only around 250 clockmakers and restorers left in the UK and they have long waiting lists. Our reporter, Bob Walker, speaks to some of those who are trying to safeguard this ancient craft.



Presenter: Winifred Robinson
Producer: Tara Holmes

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