Government delays in reforming the system shows people with dementia spend £100,000 on their care
Dementia patients have spent almost £15billion funding their own care since an overhaul was pledged over two years ago People with dementia have spent £15bn of their own money on care in the last two years because of government delays in reforming the system, according to the Alzheimer's Society. Theresa May had promised a Green Paper on social care by the summer of 2017, but it has still not appeared.