Writing in PoliticsHome, Kari Gerstheimer argues that the government cannot accurately calculate how much social care needs without first understanding what councils are legally required to provide. Despite years of acknowledged underfunding, the Treasury’s approach continues to use previous spending as the starting point, risking the continuation of existing shortfalls.

We resolved a case involving a client who received an invoice for over £7,000 in unpaid social care charges — 18 months after she first started receiving support.

This is the story of Lizzie, a woman in her late 30s with a rare chromosome disorder, and her family’s decades-long battle against a rigid, uncaring bureaucracy. It is a journey marked by systemic barriers, paper formulas that ignore human lives, and the turning point that finally brought them hope.

Our client had significant eligible care and support needs and required 1:1 support with daily living and continuous supervision to maintain their safety and wellbeing.

We supported a person who has profound and multiple learning disability and whose Education, Health and Care Plan had ended without sufficient support agreed, including education as well as care and support.

Writing in The Carer, Kari Gerstheimer argues that social care cannot be reduced to systems, paperwork and processes while losing sight of the person at the centre of every decision.

Writing in The Carer (Issue 293), Kari Gerstheimer argues that social care reform has been treated like an architect's plan that's all blueprint and no building — endlessly discussed while people who need care right now are left waiting at the door.

In her recent article for LabourList, Access Social Care CEO Kari Gerstheimer argues that the debate around immigration and social care cannot ignore the reality of the workforce crisis facing the sector.

A member organisation contacted Access Social Care for general guidance regarding a person they support, who had been hospitalised following a significant deterioration in their wellbeing.

"Until we stop measuring success by how many people we can exclude, we'll never build the system people deserve."

Our CEO and Founder, Kari Gerstheimer has written a piece for Politics.co.uk in response to Andy Burnham’s recent comments on social care funding.

Our client, a disabled person with significant longstanding care and support needs, faced an urgent reduction in his care package from 24 hour support to just 4 hours per day.