Social support systems Organisation and financing of social
support to people with dementia and carers Background
information on the social/healthcare system in Norway Norway has
been a constitutional state since 1842 and a sovereign state
since 1905 when it dissolved its union with Sweden. Its health
care system is based on equal access to all citizens
irrespective of their social status, income and location. An
important step in achieving this was the introduction of the
National Insurance Scheme in 1967 (Johnsen, 2006). The
organisation of social support for people with dementia and
carers The Ministry of Health and Care Services and the Ministry
of Labour and Social Inclusion are the governmental offices
responsible for social support for people with dementia and
carers. There is some overlap between the social/welfare and
healthcare systems. In 2006, the government issued Report nr 25
(2005-2015) to the Storting – Care plan 2015. Dementia was one
of the elements in focus in this strategy and the Ministry