‘Cuts will force elderly and disabled into care’

Vulnerable elderly and disabled people will have to abandon independent living for institutional care due to sweeping benefit changes, groups have warned.

Opposition parties have accused the Government of a “sneaky” attack on senior citizens, with shake-ups of the housing adaptation grant for people with a disability, housing aid for older people, and the mobility aids grant.

The benefits affected currently go to 10,000 people, but only new recipients will be hit by the changes.