Money matters | Alzheimer's Society

Paying for care home fees in Wales

Find out about different ways to fund a person's care home, and how that affects the choice of care homes available.

Social workers reveal the extent of social care meltdown

Nearly 7 in 10 are feeling the pinch of cost pressures in their local authority.

Man with Alzheimer's disease overcharged for utilities and services

Gavin Terry, Policy Manager at Alzheimer’s Society responds.

Response to news on Personal Independent Payments (PIP) for people with dementia

Joy Watson is one of our highly valued ambassadors, doing a huge amount to raise awareness both of dementia and Alzheimer’s Society. She has recently seen her benefits to be cut.

NHS Digital survey finds financial problems caused by caring linked to increased feelings of social isolation

A new survey of 55,700 carers published today (Thursday 3 August 2017) by NHS Digital found that almost 40% of carers who reported the most serious financial difficulties also felt socially isolated.

ONS reports unpaid carers provide social care worth £57 billion, Alzheimer’s Society comments

Today (Monday 10 July 2017) ONS Digital has released data revealing the huge bill that unpaid carers save the UK economy.

Alzheimer’s Society responds to the Queen’s Speech

Following the Queen’s speech today (Wednesday 21 June), read the Alzheimer's Society comment.

In post-election poll social care higher than education and crime as key UK issue to address

Fear of being unable to leave anything to loved ones if they develop dementia jumps 19 percentage points since election campaign.

Winning ticket

Impossible cost: dementia care bill would take 125 years to save for

An Alzheimer’s Society investigation has laid bare the unachievable cost of dementia care, calculating that the typical person’s bill for dementia social care would take 125 years to save for.

Assessment for PIP