Anna B Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Could be a council thing then, I'm sure you get a budget to spend on carers "over the border" without dipping into your own cash. The carers are at fault though, they'll get by doing the bare minimum. Get your friend to switch agencies and complain, or do it for her if you can. Already done it. New lot are exactly the same and the messing about was awful. Relative has now agreed she might be better off in a care home and a social worker (via phonecall) says she will look into it for her. Will let you know how she gets on. Incidently, looked it up and 40,000 pensioners sold their homes to pay for care in 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longcol Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Incidently, looked it up and 40,000 pensioners sold their homes to pay for care in 2012. Thats out of 9 million pensioners - less than half a percent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna B Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Thats out of 9 million pensioners - less than half a percent. But only 1 in 5 pensioners actually go into care. So it's a far higher percentage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longcol Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 But only 1 in 5 pensioners actually go into care. So it's a far higher percentage. Depends which perspective you're looking at it from. For someone whose father went into care two weeks ago that is pretty scary, from a politicians point of view, half a percent of pensioners having to sell their home every year might not mean much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna B Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Depends which perspective you're looking at it from. For someone whose father went into care two weeks ago that is pretty scary, from a politicians point of view, half a percent of pensioners having to sell their home every year might not mean much. Hope your Dad is soon comfortable and settled in his new home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longcol Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Hope your Dad is soon comfortable and settled in his new home. Thanks Anna - fortunately he seems to have taken to it like a duck to water - his Alzheimers means he is pretty much living in the present all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scentral Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 They expect you to sell your house, certainly if you're widowed. Is that a really bad thing ? Shrouds don't have pockets. But this will make inheritance a rarer thing, therefore more people will be getting left nowt and will have nothing to fund their care home fees. Typical unjoined-up thinking by the politicians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 By setting an inappropriately high one. So no limit is better than having a limit on how much it could cost? Strange.... ---------- Post added 14-02-2013 at 10:01 ---------- But this will make inheritance a rarer thing, therefore more people will be getting left nowt and will have nothing to fund their care home fees. Typical unjoined-up thinking by the politicians. But the money can only be spent once...either your parents spend it on their care or you spend it on yours..or have I misunderstood you? You do know there was no limit before..therefore there was even less chance of inheritance.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Labour's idea of taking the contribution from your estate when you die was better, but the Tories twisted it out of all proportion, calling it the Death Tax, etc., and it put people off. It shows how out of touch the Tories are, that they assume most people have got £75k just hanging aorund to pay for their care. Most people haven't. It's a cap, not a target or a charge. ---------- Post added 14-02-2013 at 10:18 ---------- Sorry, what I meant was that most people haven't got £75k spare unless they sell their home to raise it. So most people are no better provided for under this scheme than they were before. Underwhelming. The vast majority of home owners will get more than 75k when they do sell their home though. This cap guarantees that the entire proceeds of the sale (which could be 3, 4, 5 hundred thousand easily) won't be eaten up by paying for care. ---------- Post added 14-02-2013 at 10:19 ---------- If Governments / institutions are allowed to pluck figures out of the air without accountable justification or a proper breakdown of the figure, then we become just another cash cow and leave them free to charge whatever they like. The figure is £75,000 (much too high in the first place) at the moment but it will undoubtedly rise in the future (like University fees,) and there seems to be nothing we can do about it. Standards are often not good, but we are lining the pockets of the care home owners. Previously the figure was infinity, it was uncapped. This cap can't make anyone worse off, it can improve the situation for some people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricgem2002 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 The vast majority of home owners will get more than 75k when they do sell their home though. This cap guarantees that the entire proceeds of the sale (which could be 3, 4, 5 hundred thousand easily) won't be eaten up by paying for care. . not it will be spent on bb charges instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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