Moving a relative to a home - BADLY need advice!

BobQ

I know you have asked about the financial implications, but it is not clear from your post if the relative is wishing to go into care. If so then the financial issues should be your focus and their use to get the best available home.

If they are unwilling to go, your problem is very different. It is their right to stay at home. Unless you can convince the authority that they are not responsible for their actions it can be very difficult to forcethe change on them however well intentioned.

I had a neighbour who lived in a single room with mice droppings all over the place, never washed, was virtually bed ridden but chose this life. The fact she would have had a better quality of life had she spent the six figure sum in her bank was irrelevant.

getmore4less

Yorkshireman99 wrote: »

https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/residential-care-and-nursing-homes-and-benefits

link is for Northern Ireland a lot of things there are often different to E&W

AnotherJoe

Do you have a power of attorney for them ?
Are they of sound mind?

ThemeOne

It does sound like you should think about a Power of Attorney as mentioned, if one is not already in place.

My father received NHS Continuing Healthcare, but he had advanced terminal cancer.

I was in the same position as the OP, and had to learn on the job so to speak - and what a learning curve it is.

Something you will almost certainly discover is the interface between the NHS and the care system is not a particularly smooth one. You should get a specific person from Adult Social Services dealing with your relative's case, and I found they were a very good source of information in my case.

Brighton_belle

LizEstelle wrote: »

Incidentally, can anyone confirm that a person who is privately funding his/her residential care does not stand to lose any attendance allowance..?

Please see this Age Concern document which seems to state as much - para 2(a): http://www.housingcare.org/downloads/kbase/2050.pdf

I can confirm from very recent experience that anyone self funding does not lose Attendance Allowance.
Should at some point they cease to be 100% self funding, you would need to notify AA and it will cease.

Yorkshireman99

Apologies my mistake. A quick Google shows lots of links

BobQ

ThemeOne wrote: »

It does sound like you should think about a Power of Attorney as mentioned, if one is not already in place.

If you mean suggesting to the relative they complete an enduring power of attorney, the OP could suggest it. But the OP does not get a EPOA, the relative "grants it to them" if they have the mental capability to do so. Probably what you meant but the OP cannot assume that it will be done.

LizEstelle

Thanks again everyone. Lots of food for thought.

WillowCat

Regarding attendance allowance, my gran was receiving this but when they were notified of her change of address they stopped it, even though she was self funding (and we told them this). It took six months of arguing to get this resolved, and her backpay didn't arrive until after she passed away.

We had adult social care involved with her placement, they were extremely helpful at a very stressful time. They also negotiated with the home so we paid the council rate rather than the higher private rate. The home billed the council and the council then billed us.

securityguy

"If you mean suggesting to the relative they complete an enduring power of attorney"

It's now a Lasting Power of Attorney. Enduring Powers of Attorney ceased to be available some years ago. Existing EPoAs are still valid, but the process for getting a new LPoA is somewhat different.