Sharing the responsibility for care and support

The way that we fund the care and support system needs to change because the cost of care and support is set to increase. Today, individuals, families and the Government share the responsibility for care and support. In the future, we will need new and additional ways of funding care and support. This is your chance to have your say about how this responsibility could be shared. Before you give your feedback, you might want to look at how care and support is provided in other countries.

Who should contribute more for care and support in the future?

• Individuals who use care and support services
• Families of people who use care and support services
• Everyone in society

Individuals

In the future, if you need care and support, should you be expected to pay for it yourself? How can we all prepare for this?

Families

In the future, if you need care and support, should your families be expected to look after you or pay for your care and support? How can we all prepare for this?

Everyone in society

In the future, if you need care and support, should society be expected to pay for it? How would this responsibility be shared across everyone in society:

• Would everyone have to contribute more?
• Would older people be exempt?
• Would younger people be exempt?
• What about people who do not or cannot work?
• What about people who do not own their own home?
• What about the role of your employer?
• What about the role of voluntary organisations?