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Conservative Manifesto on Social Care: No Solution to Dementia Tax? (BBC News)

Posted on May 19, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Dilnot Commission’s recommendation, for a “cap” on each individual’s total care cost liabilities, appears to have been thwarted again. The looming probability of “catastrophic” care costs seems set to remain for persons with various long-term neurodegenerative diseases, as … Continue reading →

Dementia Awareness Week (2017): United Against Dementia (Alzheimer’s Society)

Posted on May 13, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Dementia Awareness Week, this year, falls between May 14th – 20th 2016. Full Text Link Reference Dementia Awareness Week. [Online]: Alzheimer’s Society, May 2017.

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Experiences of the Challenges Faced by People Living With Dementia in the UK (Alzheimer’s Society)

Posted on May 12, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The following report covers results from the latest Alzheimer’s Society’s survey of the views and experiences of 966 people with dementia, 500 unpaid carers and 2,356 adults aged 16-75 in the United Kingdom. The stark costs of the “dementia tax” are exposed. … Continue reading →

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Social Care: Paying for Care Home and Domiciliary Care (House of Commons Library)

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This House of Commons Library parliamentary briefing explains the means-test which is applied to care home residents and people receiving care in other settings, including home care (care at home) and social care. This document covers personal budgets, the … Continue reading →

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Care Costs Cap Delayed = Dementia Tax Prolonged (BBC News / UK Parliament)

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Proposals for a maximum £72,000 cap on care costs per person, earlier planned to start in April 2016, have been deferred at least until 2020 and probably indefinitely. Full Text Link Reference Triggle, N. (2015). Is the cap on … Continue reading →

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Update on the Dementia Tax: £21,000 Per Year (BBC News / Alzheimer’s Society)

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A new report, commissioned from the London School of Economics and Kings College London, re-visits the issue of the so-called “dementia tax”. It exposes how dementia patients (with their families and carers) in the UK are often forced to … Continue reading →

Improving Dementia Long-Term Care and Support (RAND Corporation)

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This report from the United States identifies 25 policy options covering five broad objectives to improve and support the delivery of “long-term services and supports” (LTSS). The five top-level objectives comprise: Objective 1: Increase public awareness of dementia to … Continue reading →

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