Ruling on home and care fees

Gers

Not sure if this is the correct place - not even sure if this new ruling will be challenged and not seen it reported anywhere else apart from Daily Telegraph!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/insurance/longtermcare/10630236/Over-60s-with-parents-in-care-dont-have-to-sell-homes.html

This says that a judge ruled that a person over the age of 60 years doesn't necessarily have to be resident in their parents home for it to be disregarded for care fees - they just have to think of it as their 'home'

No doubt it will be challenged or referred to a higher court, but it's still interesting!

Trebor16

It would be good to see more detail about this case. I suspect one of the factors that led towards the judges ruling was how much Miss Walford had spent on the house in repairs and other maintenance. I wonder if it will only apply if the children are over 60?

I suspect the ruling will be challenged though.

Gers

Gers wrote: »

No doubt it will be challenged or referred to a higher court, but it's still interesting!

Trebor16 wrote: »

It would be good to see more detail about this case. I suspect one of the factors that led towards the judges ruling was how much Miss Walford had spent on the house in repairs and other maintenance. I wonder if it will only apply if the children are over 60?

I suspect the ruling will be challenged though.

Yes - I thought it's bound to be challenged too. And my reporting of the piece of news was impartial. And I still consider it interesting!

My only remaining parent is much more elderly though healthy, compos mentis and very independent so this ruling does not/would not affect me personally.

Can't see why it hasn't been more widely reported - most odd!

Gers

And here's a fuller report from the case:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/insurance/longtermcare/10632751/Care-fees-ruling-the-implications-for-other-families.html

Gives more information and clarification.

Mojisola

It did sound a strange decision until you hear the details. I should think these two facts make it a rather unusual case -

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/insurance/longtermcare/10632751/Care-fees-ruling-the-implications-for-other-families.html
"In this case the daughter never owned another property and always maintained a room in her mother's home,"

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/insurance/longtermcare/10630236/Care-fees-ruling-woman-neednt-sell-home.html
After her father died, she took over responsibility for its maintenance and had spent about £42,500 on repairs.