Recommendation 9

Unpaid carers play a vital role in supporting people with dementia. We would like to acknowledge their tremendous contribution, especially over the pandemic period and we welcome the eventual inclusion of provisions in the Health and Care Bill relating to carers. The Government must consider unpaid carers in their White Paper for social care reform. To ensure reforms enable unpaid carers to better support those living with dementia, the Government must provide unpaid carers with the opportunity to contribute to any plans for reform. Carers deserve our support as well as our thanks. The Government must bring forward a National Carers’ Strategy by the end of March 2022 with the aim of offering improved support for people providing care and should improve the Carers register. (Paragraph 56) Supporting people with dementia and their carers 21