I have finally got the council to meet with me to look at my mother's bank statements with a view to them paying for the cost of her care (she has been in a home since March 2016) and repaying the extra she has paid since she went below the £23.K limit. But I am one of those people who go through the Green channel at customs because I genuinely have nothing to declare and get very anxious that they will accuse me of being an international drug smuggler My point is -although I have looked after my mother's finances perfectly honestly, I am afraid they will go into every detail and I don't have receipts for everything over the last two years that they require. For example I pay her hairdresser every month but don't bother keeping the receipts - I buy her care home toiletries and sanitary pants out of her money but again I don't religiously keep the receipts. When something is paid for with her card, it will show on the bank statement , that is fine, but if I take cash out such as to pay the hairdresser or even buy her some new tights/underwear I don't keep a record. Is it only the larger items they query? I put in a separate thread about giving the grandchildren sums of money for birthdays etc; other than that there is nothing large.
I guess I am just anxious because I have never had such a financial meeting before, going through bank accounts, and I guess that I fear I will have to justify every single minor expense!
I guess I am just anxious because I have never had such a financial meeting before, going through bank accounts, and I guess that I fear I will have to justify every single minor expense!