The reform of social care legislation should ensure fairness says a Law Commission report published today (11 May ).
Report authors says the existing law around social care is flawed and out of date and should be replaced by a single piece of legislation clearly setting out people's rights.
But wholescale reform fo adult social care is still some way away with the Dilnott Report into the funding of adult social care expected in July and changes not likely to come into effect until at least the autumn of 2012.
Many pundits from the sector believe that the changes will effectively force people to sell assets they have, including their homes, to pay for care and a greater involvement in social care by the NHS.
Charities working with older people have broadly welcomed the proposals with Age UK reiterating that the existing system is so flawed that it is close to collapse.
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