Care home fees?

treliac

bryanb wrote: »

While this is obviously possible, I have a few more facts to impart. The Pension service sent an investigator to mum's care home to interview her, this was after sending an appointment letter to her at the care home. They can hardly deny knowing she is in care. When the investigator discovered that I had power of attorney, they visited me by appointment to discuss paying her DLA into a different account as mum cannot administer her affairs (Blind) I then received a letter asking me to open a new account in my name for her DLA. I did this and allow them to pay into it. Her AA and pension are still paid into her account. I do not understand why this is happening but am not spending any from the DLA account. The left hand appears to be unaware that the right hand even exists.

Maybe they do not realise that your mum is LA funded.

It's very obvious that attendance allowance is payable to people who need a level of care - to pay for that care, even though subsequent spend is not monitored. If the LA are paying for the care ...... !