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A "catastrophic" situation is developing in England with many vulnerable elderly people being denied care, campaigners say.
An analysis by Age UK found the proportion of over-65s getting help had fallen by a third since 2005-6.
Last year, under 900,000 over-65s got help - one in 10 people in that group - compared with 15% seven years ago.
The review - based on published data - estimated at least 800,000 older people were going without vital help.
This includes council-funded help in the home with daily tasks such as washing, dressing and eating as well as care home places.
Age UK blamed the squeeze on funding, which had forced councils to reduce budgets by 15% in real terms over the past three years to £6.6bn.
The report - the charity's annual review of the state of social care - said this had resulted in councils increasingly rationing services. Just 13% of local authorities now provide help to people with moderate needs compared with nearly half in 2005-6.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26449081
An analysis by Age UK found the proportion of over-65s getting help had fallen by a third since 2005-6.
Last year, under 900,000 over-65s got help - one in 10 people in that group - compared with 15% seven years ago.
The review - based on published data - estimated at least 800,000 older people were going without vital help.
This includes council-funded help in the home with daily tasks such as washing, dressing and eating as well as care home places.
Age UK blamed the squeeze on funding, which had forced councils to reduce budgets by 15% in real terms over the past three years to £6.6bn.
The report - the charity's annual review of the state of social care - said this had resulted in councils increasingly rationing services. Just 13% of local authorities now provide help to people with moderate needs compared with nearly half in 2005-6.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26449081