The Scottish Tories stepped into the Frank’s Law row and accused the SNP of dithering on the issue.
Health spokesman Jackson Carlaw said it was now time to see “some meaningful announcements” from the Scottish Government.
It comes after Dundee United legend Frank Kopel’s widow Amanda spoke of her growing frustration at what she sees as a lack of support for Frank’s Law from the SNP Government.
Mrs Kopel 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.
Mr Carlaw said: “Mrs Kopel is quite right this has gone on for long enough.
“She has gone through all the correct channels in campaigning for change and the Scottish Government has repeatedly stalled.
“It’s time to see some meaningful announcements from the Scottish Government and I fully support her in the latest round of campaigning.”
Mrs Kopel’s husband died in April last year having been diagnosed with dementia 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 said she wouldn’t stop fighting for Frank’s Law which would “let people with debilitating illnesses die with the dignity and respect they deserve”.
She said: “How many more people have died and gone to their grave like Frankie paying for their personal care because they had not yet reached that magic age of 65?
“I look at my photos of Frankie smiling and I can hear him saying ‘Keep going’.
“If I walk away now I won’t just be letting Frankie down but I’ll also be letting down people all over Scotland who are under 65 and suffering on a daily basis like Frankie was and being discriminated against because of their age.”
Mrs Kopel is to stage a protest outside the Health Minister’s office in Dundee and the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh this month.