selling dads house for care home !

Mojisola

GDB2222 wrote: »

Good point Moji. I'm not very clued up on benefits, but is the pension plus attendance allowance likely to come to much more than say £150 per week? That's a contribution, but with average care home fees running at over £500 per week, the bulk of the cost will be met from the sale of the house.

That's right but people often divide the house price by the weekly cost of the home and think that's when it will run out. Weekly income increases the number of weeks that it will cover.

Someone on a pension and maybe Pension Credit could be getting £137.35. Higher rate AA is £73.60.

It would be worth the OP asking the Pension Service to do a benefits check for his/her Dad and see what he is entitled to.

jerseylicious

China2 wrote: »

Wow, just wow.....

What an uncaring thought at a time like this. Would you prefer he popped his clogs earlier so you can get your hands on a few grand?

Must be just the way your mind works...we are trying to respect what HE wants to do with HIS money that he has worked ALL his life for, thnks for this msg at such a distressful time for us all

GDB2222

Umm, thanks for acknowledging all the time other posters have given to advise you?

Mojisola

jerseylicious wrote: »

my dad is in hospital and needs to be moved to a care home, they will fund it for 12 weeks, but then he will need to sell his house to fund the rest.

He wanted us (his 3 kids) to have the proceeds of the house as our inheritance when he died.

Will we get anything at all or will it all go to fund the care home ?:(

jerseylicious wrote: »

Must be just the way your mind works...we are trying to respect what HE wants to do with HIS money that he has worked ALL his life for, thnks for this msg at such a distressful time for us all

This is something that crops up with a lot of older people. One of the reasons they decided to buy their own property was so that they would have something to leave to their children and it can be very upsetting for them to realise that most of the money may be spent on the care they need for their last years.

The only way to mitigate this is to make sure he is claiming everything he is entitled to and look at the possibility of renting his house out instead of selling it. If that isn't on, make sure his money is earning as much as possible for him.

Keep reassuring him that you would rather he was well cared and that you are not bothered about an inheritance.