Hello - and warm new year wishes to all.
My mother is in care and part LA funded as below the capital depletion level. My father pays a 'top-up' to the home to cover the gap between LA contribution and the fees.
The care home put their fees up every February, around the 4% mark. I have been ploughing through LA guidelines and various documents as to what happens when the care home increase fees. The LA response is (as expected) very grey - there seems to be a process for financial review annually based on "care needs" but no guarantee that they will raise the contribution when the care home raises fees. Elsewhere however, it does say that the LA raise their annual contribution in line with inflation. Does that mean everyone gets inflation-linked rise in contribution?
Any views please on precedent here and how to go about opening this topic with the LA? Should we do it before the care home letter arrives in Feb outlining the increase? Or let it lie and see if the LA get in touch (I assume they will try not to have to raise their contribution but is it still worth asking them about the 'process' for annual review?)
My mother is funded beyond the LA base rate as she was considered ineligible to move to an LA home due to severity of her condition. Does that mean they can potentially get out of reviewing their contribution because she is already funded above base?
Many thanks for any views. Don't really know what to do but father's remaining funds obviously very depleted now so if there is any hope of LA contribution increasing.....
My mother is in care and part LA funded as below the capital depletion level. My father pays a 'top-up' to the home to cover the gap between LA contribution and the fees.
The care home put their fees up every February, around the 4% mark. I have been ploughing through LA guidelines and various documents as to what happens when the care home increase fees. The LA response is (as expected) very grey - there seems to be a process for financial review annually based on "care needs" but no guarantee that they will raise the contribution when the care home raises fees. Elsewhere however, it does say that the LA raise their annual contribution in line with inflation. Does that mean everyone gets inflation-linked rise in contribution?
Any views please on precedent here and how to go about opening this topic with the LA? Should we do it before the care home letter arrives in Feb outlining the increase? Or let it lie and see if the LA get in touch (I assume they will try not to have to raise their contribution but is it still worth asking them about the 'process' for annual review?)
My mother is funded beyond the LA base rate as she was considered ineligible to move to an LA home due to severity of her condition. Does that mean they can potentially get out of reviewing their contribution because she is already funded above base?
Many thanks for any views. Don't really know what to do but father's remaining funds obviously very depleted now so if there is any hope of LA contribution increasing.....