Who provides daily living AIDS?

nannytone_2

rockingbilly wrote: »

It may or may not happen like that.

I was only pointing out that at the moment social care and especially homes that are being paid for by the council are in distress. Care homes are saying that they can no longer afford to take in people if the council is not willing to pay the full charge. At the moment there is an average difference between what the council pays and what the homes charge of about £250 a week.
Presently that difference is being recovered from people that pay for their own care + another £250 a week on top.
It would solve the problem and everyone that required a care home place would get one that is fully paid if the money that is paid out in AA is diverted to the care home fees via the council. What is left over could fund more social workers, OTs' , meals on wheels as well as provide enough money for carers that come into a home to spend at least 30mins instead of the current 15mins

if someone goes into a care home for which the council pays, then they lose the AA along with all but £24 a week of any pension entitlement.

it is only self funders that keep it, and they aren't costing the council anything.

in most areas, people that receive social care in their own homes are required to contribute towards it.
currently in my area it is 70% of any mid/high DLS/AA award.

so those people will lose their AA to pay towards those in care homes and instead the council will have to fully fund the social care of those that stay in their own homes.

7 hours care a week ( 3 x 20 minutes a day) costs roughly £100 using agency staff ( which most councils do) , and the council will lose the customers contribution. on top of that, if the customer currently receives direct payments to buy in their own care, the council could lose considerably more

you haven't thought it out very well