Care home trying to charge for 2 days after death.

chrstine_2

I work as a care home manager.We charge for three days after a person has died.The reasons are that it gives the family time to collect their thoughts etc before we would have to say the room needs emptied to allow someone else to move in to it.This means that no one is feeling forced to remove personal belongings under pressure and surely its better to collect a deceased loved ones personal items yourself than having them put in a box for collection,how impersonal is that?

*Dory*

Thanks for all the replies.
We spoke to the home and it turns out that no contract was ever signed so they have waived the 2 days.
Thanks again

CHCscandal

*Dory* wrote: »

Thank you.
We never signed a contract as he was self funding and have not seen one with his signature on. He was only there for 8 weeks before his death and the room wasn't changed in anyway so certainly won't need redecorating

Hi Dory, condolences on your loss.

It seems to me that your FiL may have been entitled to continuing health care as this is particularly available especially for end of life scenarios on a fast track basis.
The NHS is responsible for this but most 24 hour nursing homes paricipate in what they call the Gold Standard Framework, where they work hand in hand 9 they do anyway) with the NHs to keep people out of an acute hospital bed during their last few weeks end of life pathway, but the NHs pay for this.

If I can be of any further help please let me know particularly about continuing care, if you didn't sign a contract, then I would say nothing is due!, They can charge though until a room is cleared.

This is the main problem with private nursing homes is that when someone does go into hospital from the 'care home', the room charge still has to be paid, double jeopardy again for the ill, sick, disabled, elderly vulnerable tax paid up home owners and savers.
Although if still in ones own house, the outgoings will still be applicable whilst in hospital, not £500+ per week though.

whereforcare

This is standard, although good to see that in lieu of a contract, it was set aside. Quite worrying that you weren't

given

a contract in the first place though- this should be standard practice before your relative even enters a care home, otherwise the potential for liability arises on both sides?