Claim: Over one million vulnerable people are unable to look after themselves due to reductions in spending on social care.
Fact-check: Are there one million older people unable to look after themselves? - Full Fact
Verdict: analysis by age uk found that there were 1.2 million over 65s who experienced difficulty with basic tasks such as eating and washing.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Claire Milne
Date published: 2017-05-05T00:00:00