The government is to announce details of a deferred payment scheme for residential care for the elderly, which will allow councils to lend individuals money to pay for care, then recoup the money when their house is sold after their death.
The health secretary Andrew Lansley, who will launch the government's white paper on social care on Wednesday, said the scheme will "end the scandal of older people being forced to sell their homes" to pay for care. Under the proposal, first outlined as part of the Dilnot Commission's report a year ago, the elderly and vulnerable will be allowed to borrow the cash to pay for residential care from councils before they go into a care home. The measure is the only part of the Dilnot commission's report which will be enacted, according to reports. Two key proposals - capping the total ...
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