The widow of Dundee United legend Frank Kopel is to stage a protest outside the health minister’s office in Dundee.
Amanda Kopel and her supporters will also be protesting outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh this month.
It comes as she grows “increasingly frustrated” at what she sees as a lack of support for the so-called Frank’s Law from the SNP administration.
Mrs Kopel has also expressed “disappointment” with her local SNP MSP Graeme Dey and accused him of declining to give his full backing to her campaign at a recent meeting.
However, Mr Dey has disputed her view of the meeting and described it as “constructive and positive”.
Mrs Kopel’s husband died in April last year having been diagnosed with vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s in 2009, when he was aged just 59.
He and his wife paid about £300 a week so he could have personal care in his Kirriemuir home because he did not reach the qualifying age for free services until weeks before his death.
Mrs Kopel from Kirriemuir is urging ministers to close this loophole, a bid The Courier is backing. She began the campaign 26 months ago and wrote to all 129 MSPs before meeting Mr Dey.
Mrs Kopel said she is “disappointed” after what she described as a “strained meeting” where she claimed the MSP failed to give his full backing for Frank’s Law and told her it would be “basically a watered-down version”.
Mrs Kopel said: “I’m disappointed at Mr Dey’s lack of support for Frank’s Law and it doesn’t instil me with confidence.
“I asked him to put forward a motion in parliament calling for the chamber to back Frank’s Law and he declined.”
Mr Dey was asked by The Courier if he supports Frank’s Law and if he refused to take the motion to the chamber on behalf of Mrs Kopel.
He responded with a statement that said that what is discussed between himself as an MSP and a constituent is something he would regard as “confidential”.
It stated: “However, I felt the recent meeting I had with Mrs Kopel was a constructive and positive one and had the impression that was a view she shared.
“I believe that as a society we need to try and improve the support available for under 65s, who are diagnosed with any life-shortening degenerative illnesses, and those around them.
“And that would include introducing a fairer system of charging.
“On the back of my meeting with Mrs Kopel I have written to Cabinet Secretary Shona Robison seeking an update and will, as she requested, keep her appraised of any progress.”
Health Minister Shona Robison said the government recognises the concerns raised by Mrs Kopel, and others, about fairer charging for social care.
She said: “Indeed, I have met Amanda personally on a number of occasions to discuss her campaign.
“The Scottish Government, in partnership with COSLA, has already ensured that no one in the last six months of a terminal illness is charged for the care they receive at home.
“Along with partners in local government, we are considering very carefully what further action we can take to deliver fairer care for the people of Scotland. This remains our position and we will make further announcements when this work is complete.”