AN action group representing North West pensioners said the Government’s social care White Paper is “too little, too late”.
North West Regional Pensioners Association (NWRPA) spoke out after hearing plans to defer payments for care until after death, and to cap the amount an individual will pay in total.
Decisions on some of the details have been delayed while ministers decide how to fund the reforms.
Derek Barton NWRPA secretary said: “The government has been spectacularly slow in getting to grips with the issue of care funding and we have been told we will have to wait until the end of next year before we get an answer.
“We’ve had more than 20 reports in the last 14 years which have all showed how the current system is in crisis and needs urgent attention, but the government seems incapable of understanding what urgent means for the one million older people who are currently struggling with an inadequate care system.”
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