Charities also voiced disappointment about the impact on older people and their families of the government’s decision to abandon care funding reforms.
Emily Hindle, policy manager at Alzheimer’s Society, said: “We are very disappointed at the UK government’s decision not to proceed with the cap on social care costs in England.”
“While we appreciate the financial challenge the new government faces, this decision pushes the burden onto individuals who pay around £100,000 for care on average when they are already dealing with dementia’s devastation on their lives.”
For Age UK, charity director Caroline Abrahams said that the decision was “really bad news for all those older people who were hoping against hope for some relief from their sky-high care bills – in the short term at least it seems they are on their own”. She said the government needed to tackle this issue as “part of a broader package of measures designed to stabilise and reform social care – and sooner rather than later.”
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