People with disabilities are surrendering packages of home care because of price hikes from councils, leaving themselves potentially at risk, according to campaigners.
Many austerity-hit councils have chosen to increase charges for care, while reassessing other rules, such as the amount of a person's income which is disregarded before fees kick in.
As a result, disability activists say the number of people who are giving up services they need, because they have become unaffordable, is rising.
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