Question reference: S6W-01266
- Asked by: Collette Stevenson, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 7 July 2021
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Current status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 27 July 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to uprate funding for free personal and nursing care, including for self-funding care home residents with dementia.
Answer
A contribution is made by the Scottish Government towards the cost of free personal and nursing care for self funding care home residents.
Each year this usually rises in line with inflation.
However, emerging evidence suggested that the cost of providing care has increased significantly. To help redress this for 2021-22 an above inflation 7.5% increase was applied to the weekly payment rates.
As such, the weekly payment rates for personal care for self-funders, including those with dementia, rose from £180 in 2020-21 to £193.50 in 2021-22 and the nursing care component rose from £81 to £87.10.