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There are concerns not all care home providers will pass on a 7.5% rise in state allowances onto fee payers CONCERNS have been raised that some care home providers are not passing on a rise in state allowances to elderly fee payers. The Scottish Government announced in January it was to fast-track a seven-and-a-half per cent increase in free personal care and nursing contributions by April 1. Alzheimer Scotland welcomed the rise, which is the highest for a number of years, and said it was a positive first step in recognising that the current level of contributions given to self-funders ‘bears no relationship” to the cost of care for those with advanced dementia.
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Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar and Douglas Ross of the Tories say they will guarantee people with advanced dementia have access to free care SCOTTISH Labour and the Conservatives have vowed to go further than the SNP to end the “dementia tax” that leaves self-funding care home residents facing up to 40% higher fees. The party has committed to a significant increase in free personal and nursing contributions if it is re-elected to government, which will almost double the current allowance given to self-funders to about £421. Alzheimer Scotland says that while “very welcome”, it would like to see a more individualised approach rather than a flat-rate increase because healthcare costs are considerably higher for those in the advanced stages of the disease.
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.