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  • Pollycat
    Pollycat Posts: 36,055 Forumite
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    elsien said:
    Must have gone up then since I was last working in a care home. 
    And since my Mum was in a care home (2-3 years ago).
    I thought it was about £26 per week then so that's quite a big increase.
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  • Keep_pedalling
    Keep_pedalling Posts: 22,022 Forumite
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    There's a good article that explains the different capital limits here (link deleted)

    You may already be aware but if your mum has a primary health need then she might be eligible for Continuing Healthcare, which means that your care home fees could be fully funded by the local authority/ NHS regardless of how much you are your mum have in savings
    First post made resurrecting a thread from over a year ago, with a link to what I suspect is mr website tip’s own company.

    Reported as spam! 
  • Notepad_Phil
    Notepad_Phil Posts: 1,651 Forumite
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    edited 23 December at 11:46AM
    Pollycat said:
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    This is what they do ^^^^

    Not far off ambulance chasers.
    Hi @Pollycat the decidedly dodgy post has now been reported out of existence, so you may want to delete the name of the company etc from your post to ensure there's no residual benefit from the post.
  • Pollycat
    Pollycat Posts: 36,055 Forumite
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    Hi @Pollycat the decidedly dodgy post has now been reported out of existence, so you may want to delete the name of the company etc from your post to ensure there's no residual benefit from the post.
    Post deleted.
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