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Moving back home from abroad
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Having looked at the cost of suitable care homes (£10k per month), with family chipping in we anticipate they have enough money to last two to three years. Can anybody tell me when they would be entitled to local authority assistance with the care home fees due to them having lived in the US for thirty years.
Even if the council does take over the bills, there’s no way they will cover those costs. Each council has a limit that they will pay - find out yours before choosing a home.
It would be unwise to top up while they are self-funding - that money will be of more use later.0 -
Thank you all for the replies. Had a meeting with my step sister today and I think we are going to hold off for a year, get them some extra help and all save up so they can pay for themselves a bit longer.0
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Thank you for your reply. I agree, I think they need to come over and see what happens. I fully appreciate that there will be differing views about this and can understand why. My Dad has been in ill health since his forties and was one of the factors in moving abroad in the first place. His wife's family are in a position to fund her care when they run out of money so is less of an issue. Unfortunately my contribution won't be sufficient to fully meet the gap between his pension and the cost. Unfortunately due to his ill health, L.A. funding may not even come into play.
US has not been ruled out yet, we are still exploring options but feel having family near them in the last couple of years would be good for them.
They moved to the US when he was in his forties because he was in bad health?:eek::eek:0 -
Tabbytabitha wrote: »They moved to the US when he was in his forties because he was in bad health?:eek::eek:
Op says he has been in bad health since his forties and has lived in the US for thirty years. He is now 86, my maths which seem to be different to yours say he was 56 when he moved there!0 -
Op says he has been in bad health since his forties and has lived in the US for thirty years. He is now 86, my maths which seem to be different to yours say he was 56 when he moved there!
Thanks for the correction, I don't know where I got that from.:o
However, that still means that he moved to the US when in poor health, which seemed like a "brave" thing to do.0 -
He has emphysema. In his fifties he met and fell in love with a British woman that lived in Florida so the move seemed a good idea at the time and I doubt he regrets it, even when paying his medical bills for the last 30 years!!! I think I need to start paying the lottery!!0
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Are they 100% sure about moving to the uk?
My husband has suggested his mum should move to the uk as he is worried about her being lonely and in poor health but I think it would satisfy him ( being able to actually see her rather than phone calls which can cause you to worry) more then her. She still works and has friends and family including her children and grandkids but here she would only have us and we work all day!
Your situation sounds different but just ensure its really what they want.0 -
Can I add another note of caution? You are talking about funding 'care' in general, but I am not sure if your figure includes health care specifically. Our arcane rules around entitlement are (if I am correct, please check) that NHS care is given on the basis of residence, so your dad & step-mum (and maybe Firefly's MiL) would not be entitled to it, at least for some time. I am not sure if having paid NI make a difference, but I think not to NHS care.
Nearly all care & nursing homes quote fees on the understanding that medical care is provided by the NHS, and I understand you would need to ask specifically about private medical care (also specialist nursing, physio etc.)0 -
Have been looking into this recently - basically GP care is free and if they have an address, intending to stay permanently in the country and better still have an NHS number then that is all that is needed.
re secondary care it appears that they have to be ordinarily (ie not just nipping over here for some treatment) and legally resident.0 -
We returned from living abroad recently and were not considered as habitually resident until we'd been here for 6 months.Trying to keep in budget.
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