almost running out of money for care home.

red_devil

The scenario is an old lady is in a care home and the money from the sale of her house is being used to fund the cost about £800 or so a week, Shortly in less than a year the money is about to run out.

What happens will the private care home ask her to leave?

what happens in these circumstances?

RAS

If her savings are falling below the £23,000 limit she needs to be assessed by the local Social Services who will pick up the tab.

She or her rep also needs to talk to the care home as many charge a much lower rate to Social Services (theoretically a bulk rate). The one our mum was in promised that they would ensure she was able to stay by allocating a SS place to her if it came to that.

LEJC

As already said once the savings reach £23000 then social services will be able to offer assistance.

She will need to continue paying the full cost of her care until her assets fall below the threshold

I am assuming that at present she may not have a social worker assigned to her as she is self funding her care...it takes about 8 weeks to allocate one and go through the process of financial assesment so if the money is likely to run out within the next few months or reach the threshold it would be a good idea for someone to contact social services to request an introduction.

They do always look to keep the person in the care that they are receiving although this is not always the case and they may look at alternative care providers,although the options are all fully discussed and various options considered.

We were recently in this situation where my mothers money was due to fall below the set figures and had to have a meeting with a social worker and a representative from the home to clarify that she would remain there based on her needs etc.

Whilst the nursing home fees are in the majority being funded by social services the person will still be expected to make a pro rata payment for their care...and its not until the figure of capital falls below £14000 that they become fully funded.

there are rules about funding but on the whole in our experience we found social services to be very helpful in keeping my mum in a place that she was familar with and thrived in.
She was in a private care home with fees similar to those you quote.

troubleinparadise

Ask the care home what their policy is - the one my mum was in said they tried (within the boundaries of the particular type of care needed) to make sure their residents stayed for life, even if funding had to be taken over by LA. It might have meant a move to a less "expensive" room, but would have meant not having to move homes.