After more than two years of lobbying by older campaigners, the Government has finally outlined its ideas in a consultation document, its Green Paper Shaping the Future of Care Together.

It’s the start of a big debate on the future of care – and it is important that you have your say.

To find out more about the Government's plans to improve care and support in England, and to let us know your views visit the care section of the Age Concern website

Now it's published, we will ask whether it:

1. recognises that the care and support system is creaking at the seams and that more money is needed to fix it;
2. adds to the dignity and independence of older people and increases the choice and control they have over their own care;
3. makes more services available to people who need support but are currently denied help;
4. protects disability benefits such as Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance;
5. contains plans for more preventative services to avoid the need for intensive support;
6. makes proposals for a funding system which guarantees free quality care for the poorest older people and pays a share of the cost of care for everyone;
7. proposes new ways to support carers and to make sure they do not have to sacrifice their health, social relationships and financial security to care for a loved one;
8. secures age equality;
9. looks to create a care and support system that is understandable, transparent and easy to deal with; and
10. convinces politicians to make fixing the care and support system an urgent priority.