Speaking after Members rejected a proposal from Senator Alan Breckon to overhaul the pension system to help elderly Islanders, Senator Francis Le Gresley, who opposed that move on Tuesday, said that the States was ‘doing its best’ for pensioners.
However, that view is not shared by Age Concern chairman Daphne Minihane, who has now called on politicians to find another way of supporting Jersey’s elderly following that decision, which she described as ‘disappointing’.
But, according to Senator Le Gresley, a lot is already being done, including reviewing States dental schemes and introducing a long-term care scheme aimed at allowing elderly Islanders to keep their homes when they need long-term care.
• Full story in Thursday’s JEP.
