Fix Dementia Care | Alzheimer's Society

Can people with dementia vote?

People with dementia have the same right to vote as everyone else. Here, we explain why people with dementia can still vote, and the different ways you can vote if you choose to.

We urge amendment to cost of care cap as plans benefit just one in five people with dementia

Alzheimer's Society backs a Health and Care Bill amendment calling for means-tested payments for those with fewer assets to count towards £86,000 cap.

Government publish Adult Social Care Reform White Paper - Alzheimer’s Society responds

Minister for Care Gillian Keegan MP has announced the publication of the Government’s White Paper on adult social care, named ‘People at the Heart of Care’ - putting forward their long-term proposals for adult social care reform.

Leading dementia organisations call on government for urgent action to maintain essential relationships of care home residents

One Dementia Voice - a coalition of eight leading dementia organisations - urgently call for the maintenance of essential relationships to be made a statutory aspect of person-centred care.

Alzheimer's Society responds to details on cap on care costs in upcoming social care plan

Parliament are due to vote this evening (22 November 2021) on the amendment to the upcoming social care plans with further details on the cap on social care costs.

Alzheimer's Society responds to latest ONS data for at-home dementia related deaths during coronavirus

New Office for National Statistics (ONS) data reveals an increase in the number of at-home dementia related deaths during the pandemic. Our Head of Public Affairs and Campaigns shares a comment.

£4.8bn in Budget to local governments to plug social care; Alzheimer’s Society responds by saying ‘not enough’

Today on 27 October 2021, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced the Autumn Budget, to which Alzheimer's Society responds.

‘As a nurse and social worker I learned the care system inside out. Now I'm calling for urgent change’

Before she was diagnosed with young-onset dementia, Julie Hayden worked as both a nurse and a social worker. Julie's career didn't prepare her for her own diagnosis, but she explains how she learned the flaws in our 'fractured' dementia care system.

13 October 2021

Alzheimer's Society responds to Prime Minister's Speech on Social Care at Conservative Party Conference

On 6 October 2021, the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson spoke at the Conservative Party Conference, acknowledging that the social care crisis and the unfairness in the way people with dementia are supported, compared to other health conditions.

New ONS data reveals 65% increase in extra dementia and Alzheimer's deaths at home during the pandemic

Alzheimer’s Society responds to new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) that more than 70,000 extra deaths have taken place in private homes in England and Wales since the start of the coronavirus pandemic - including a 65% increase in dementia and Alzheimer’s deaths.

Alzheimer’s Society responds to Labour’s pledge to double dementia research funding

Alzheimer’s Society has responded to the speech made by Jonathan Ashworth MP, Shadow Secretary of State and Social Care, at the Labour party annual conference.

‘Better quality social care shouldn't be so unaffordable’ - Maria's story

Maria’s mum Pauline has been let down by the social care system. Whether accessing support or finding care to meet her needs, the cost has gone up and the quality has decreased. But enough is enough. In her local borough and now on a national stage, Maria is standing up to #CureTheCareSystem.

10 September 2021

Alzheimer’s Society responds to social care reform announcement

Alzheimer’s Society has responded to today’s announcement made by the Prime Minister of a funding plan to reform the broken social care sector - two years after this first speech as Prime Minister promising to ‘fix’ the sector.