Pension credits and Care Home

Pennylane

badmemory said:

I didn't think you could get pension credit or attendance allowance if you weren't self funding.  Isn't that one of the grounds for complaint by the LA against the gov.

I am confused about that too. Maybe the OP will clarify what benefits the lady is on.  

Pollycat

badmemory said:

I didn't think you could get pension credit or attendance allowance if you weren't self funding.  Isn't that one of the grounds for complaint by the LA against the gov.

You can't usually.

If you’re in a care home

You cannot usually get Attendance Allowance if you live in a care home and your care is paid for by your local authority. You can still claim Attendance Allowance if you pay for all your care home costs yourself.

Attendance Allowance: Eligibility - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Keep_pedalling

badmemory said:

I didn't think you could get pension credit or attendance allowance if you weren't self funding.  Isn't that one of the grounds for complaint by the LA against the gov.

AA ends if you are not self funding, but PC is unaffected. 

badmemory

Thanks both for clarifying.  Although I assume it would make no difference to the person concerned as they would just get to keep the £25 anyway.

JJWSJS8700

Does anybody know which benefits can you still receive, when you are self funding?

Pennylane

JJWSJS8700 said:

Does anybody know which benefits can you still receive, when you are self funding?

State pension and attendance allowance was all my late Mum got but I believe some people can still get PIP in a care home but not nursing home (but only for 28 days.)

badmemory

Definitely attendance allowance if you are self funding & at the higher rate.  The manager at my mother's care home told me that if she wasn't getting top rate top let her know because if you needed to be in there you were due the top rate & she would help.

elsien

OP, your mother will have had a financial assessment at the point she moved into the care home.

If she’s not a self funder or receiving fully funded nursing care, then as has already been said she will be left with a £25 a week personal allowance and the rest would go to her contribution towards her care. There is no mechanism for the local authority to claim anything else back after she passes away, as long as you have  let them know if she goes back up to the threshold at which her savings will affect the contribution that she pays.