Reclaim Care Home Costs for Free- New MSE guide

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Doc_N wrote: »

there are still reporting mechanisms in place.

No, he sold this site a few years back. Your posts will go unread and unheeded.

rubrenus

Having successfully reclaimed nursing care costs I now want to claim personal allowance from the care home which was never paid. Does anyone know what the weekly rate was in 2004/2006 please? Or where I could get that information.

historybuff_2

Success - finally after 4 years have received a letter from NHS Continuing Care detailing what they are prepared to re-repay us for my late father's time in a care home for the last years of his life. He passed away in Dec 2005 (coming up to 11 years). Certainly was worth the wait !!!!!

kirstie27488

Hi There,


I have just stumbled across MSE's article on reclaiming care cost due to NHS not publicising that fact they could have paid for more fees.


All I am finding on here are for claims relevant to 2012. My grandfather was put in a home with Dementia and Parkinson's and was made to pay £900 a month in costs as he owned his own home and received an army pension.


Although the home couldn't be sold as my grandmother lived here, would he have still had to pay this amount?


I have spoken to Farley Dwek solicitors and they say we can still make a claim.


Does anyone know if I can put in a claim and who I would submit this to?


Any help would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks

Mojisola

kirstie27488 wrote: »

All I am finding on here are for claims relevant to 2012. My grandfather was put in a home with Dementia and Parkinson's and was made to pay £900 a month in costs as he owned his own home and received an army pension.

Although the home couldn't be sold as my grandmother lived here, would he have still had to pay this amount?

Are you sure that the value of the house was taken into account? It should have been completely disregarded as his wife was still living there.

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kirstie27488 wrote: »

I have just stumbled across MSE's article on reclaiming care cost due to NHS not publicising that fact they could have paid for more fees.


All I am finding on here are for claims relevant to 2012.

The article (now archived) clearly states that claims had to be made by September 2012, so you are a little late.

Why are you approaching Solicitors? They will take a huge proportion of any refund you might be awarded.

Keep_pedalling

His £900 contribution would have been based purely on his income and personal savings, and the majority of the actual costs would have been met by the LA.

There is unlikely to be anything to be claimed in this case, and I certainly would not involve ambulance chasing claims companies even if there was.

kirstie27488

The house may not have been assessed. I am just trying to understand why he would have to pay so much.

Mojisola

kirstie27488 wrote: »

The house may not have been assessed. I am just trying to understand why he would have to pay so much.

£900 a month isn't a lot of money compared to the full cost a self-funder would pay.

AgeUK have several useful leaflets on how a person's contribution is worked out - £900 a month would probably have come from his pensions.

Keep_pedalling

kirstie27488 wrote: »

The house may not have been assessed. I am just trying to understand why he would have to pay so much.

It's not so much when he had both an army and state pension. My mother's only income is state pension topped up with pension credit. She also has £22,000 in savings which means she pays around £620 a month which is slightly more than the SP and PC she receives. The extra is based on the non existent interest she is assumed to receive on savings above £14,250 (£1 per week for every £250 of savings)