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Scottish Care leader s plea to end dementia tax
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Care homes Scotland: Dementia tax could be scrapped as main parties back campaign
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A CONTROVERSIAL “dementia tax” that penalises self-funding care home residents in the final years of their lives is one step closer to ending following a campaign by The Herald and Alzheimer Scotland that has received cross-party support. The SNP yesterday pledged, if it is re-elected to government, to take forward the recommendations of a major, independent review of adult social care which calls for an almost doubling in free personal and nursing allowances. Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross has also backed the move and with Labour, LibDems and the Greens adding their support, the increase is almost certainly expected to be ratified at Holyrood.
Derek Feeley’s report made over 50 recommendations for changes in the sector. Alzheimer Scotland wants Fair Dementia Care introduced independently of the Feeley report. They anticipate that, if accepted, the recommendations will take several years to fully implement but that Fair Dementia Care is more urgent and can be done quickly with the required political backing. Last month the Scottish Government agreed a 7.5 per cent increase in the Free Personal and Nursing Care payments which are paid towards the costs of those living in care homes. Alzheimer Scotland estimates that people with advanced dementia are paying for care costs of around £50.9 million every year.