Savings & Pensions

Albermarle

dunstonh said:

Albermarle said:

dunstonh said:

My understanding of this (possibly limited and flawed) is that they do not necessarily (and probably cannot) look back too far in time, so if a possible care home issue is still some time in the future it may be best to act now, rather than later. 

Legally, there is no timescale set on how far they go back.   They could go back 20-30 years if they wanted.  However, time does dilute record keeping and information gathering.   The key is intent.   If the reason for doing it is related to care then they can disregard all action taken.   If there is an alternative reason and it just happens to be coincidence then they will not treat it as deprivation.

 I presume by 'they ' you mean  the local council ?
In which case there will probably be huge variation in their attitude/willingness/ability to pursue any deprivation of assets suspicions, depending on where you live ? Or do they all follow similar protocols?

There are protocols but it is very much hit and miss.    I have seen means tested benefit applications dig deep and far requiring multiple bits of additional information and others barely scratch the service.     

I thought so , because having dealt personally with  different councils for various family care issues , some were more on the ball than others, to put it mildly .