We have LPA for a friend & WE are being asked to fund £200 a week Care Home Fees?

lpa2025

8dayweek said:

Yes sounds like NHS continuing healthcare has been stopped, so his Care is now back to being funded by Social Care. As far as I’m aware, he should have a new financial assessment and will be expected to use his income / benefits towards this - are you sure your parents haven’t misunderstood? He won’t be left much (I think it’s about £30ish per week) after his costs, but in theory he’ll have no other meaningful outgoings or household bills etc. 

They have been told that he would be left with £28 per week. His total amount of funding would be the £800 (I am rounding figures) but care home costs will be £1000 so he needs an extra £200 per week which they are looking to us to pay. Previously he was getting NHS funding (costs £1600 per week) due to the medication he was receiving which should have been administered by a reg nurse. Since he has recovered from pneumonia at Xmas he no longer needs this so only epilepsy meds (not sure what else). 
It was agreed that he needed to be in a care home and staying at home was not suitable, especially as tumour growing again, so his tenancy has ended.
He could pay extra from his savings but we have been told he can't even give the money to us (under LPA) for us to pay it for him. My parents are in their 80's, I am disabled. We have our own care to sort out! lol

Spendless

They cant use his savings as frustrating as that might be because  as other posters have said, he has under £14250. 

You & your parents stick to no, you are under no obligation to pay and cant afford it anyway. Bounce the issue back to them. 

elsien

NHS continuing care is not based on medication. Sometimes people go to a health bed for assessment and most people subsequently get the nursing top up rather than full health funding. 
 It’s not based on diagnosis. It’s based on the level and complexity of need outside of social care needs such as supporting to eat, personal care et cetera.