Care home fees

Topher

My Uncle was moved into a care home from hospital as “continued care” from the NHS, as in - no other choice possible because of his condition. Because of that care route, his fees continue to be paid on the NHS. He and we were not allowed final say about which care home was used, but there was a bit of flexibility to select one near enough for family to visit. If there’d been no places at the nearby home he’d have had to go to any the hospital chose. This all means that there will be no demand from the council on his savings after probate when he passes. It also means that he was moved to another care home when needed with relatives informed but given no choice as to where he went. (The residents whose relatives were paying did have a choice). Opinion only but if no-one with LPA signed anything, or if she signed something but it can easily be proved she was unaware of what because of any degree of capacity loss, then her savings should not have been used (they were under £23,000 I believe). Nor should anything left after probate/will. 

GrubbyGirl_2

Topher said:

My Uncle was moved into a care home from hospital as “continued care” from the NHS, as in - no other choice possible because of his condition. Because of that care route, his fees continue to be paid on the NHS. He and we were not allowed final say about which care home was used, but there was a bit of flexibility to select one near enough for family to visit. If there’d been no places at the nearby home he’d have had to go to any the hospital chose. This all means that there will be no demand from the council on his savings after probate when he passes. It also means that he was moved to another care home when needed with relatives informed but given no choice as to where he went. (The residents whose relatives were paying did have a choice). Opinion only but if no-one with LPA signed anything, or if she signed something but it can easily be proved she was unaware of what because of any degree of capacity loss, then her savings should not have been used (they were under £23,000 I believe). Nor should anything left after probate/will. 

I worked in continuing healthcare for over 15 years, I'm now retired.  To be eligible for NHS funded care in a care home his health needs will have to be extremely high.  This means that many care homes do not have the skills to look after them and there is therefore limited choice.  I would imagine that is the issue in your uncles case.  Just a word of warning, if you argue that he would be able to be cared for in a care home of your choice you may find that they agree his needs were not as high as they assessed and his funding gets pulled, he will then end up funding his own care.