SOCIAL CARE COSTS - DEMENTIA

That this House is aware of the vital importance of the provision of social care for people suffering from dementia, currently estimated as affecting around 750,000 people in the UK, two-thirds of whom live in the community; recalls the findings of the Dilnot Commission in July which included within it a recommendation to create a fairer funding mechanism for social care, rather than the current system which leaves tens of thousands of families to pay all of their loved ones' care costs whilst they themselves suffer this terrible terminal health condition; praises the work of the Alzheimer's Society which has campaigned for many years to end such dementia tax; and urges the Government to hear its call for them to engage in urgent cross party talks to explore how a fairer, transparent system can be developed and then established.