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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation urges Coalition to act now on Dilnot proposals
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) today welcomes the proposals for reform set out by the Dilnot Commission for a fair and sustainable funding system for adult social care in England.
Julia Unwin, the Chief Executive of JRF and the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust (a non-for-profit provider of housing and care services) said:
"Today marks the most concrete and credible step for years. I believe that the proposed reforms have the potential to bring about a radical step-change in how we value social care, how we think about disability, and how we all – as individuals and as a society – plan and prepare for longer lives.
It is positive to hear commitments from all the main parties to set aside party differences and consider the Dilnot report with the consideration it clearly warrants.
The JRF now urges the Coalition Government to abide by its promises to deliver a White Paper in the next six to nine months. It would be a tragedy for this, one of the most pressing and defining issues of our age, to be kicked, yet again, into the long grass."
For links to JRF evidence on funding care and support, please see:
http://www.jrf.org.uk/work/workarea/paying-for-long-term-care
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