Hi,
My sister had first Financial Assessment for her husband yesterday. He currently lives at home and she is his sole carer. As anticipated, for respite care he will be self-funding for a short while. Couple of queries:
I gather the assessor told my sister that the LA brokerage scheme might work out cheaper than organising respite in-home or outside privately. Is that the experience of any of you here? Thought I'd ask before she goes rushing into it.
Also, I wonder if my sister should ask for more clarification on something else. The assessor apparently said that if they reach the £23,250 threshold and then BIL goes into residential care, as things stand now (accepting that the law could change), they "would have to contribute round about £247 a month and the LA would have to find the rest." But wouldn't "the rest" have an upper limit for the council? I don't think the assessor specified any such limit. However, if they only fund, say, £650pw, and my sister wanted her husband to go to a CH that charges £1,000pw (which most do, locally), wouldn't my sister be expected to bridge the gap somehow? Or am I misunderstanding the system? I just suspect there may be a catch my sister isn't aware of.
My sister had first Financial Assessment for her husband yesterday. He currently lives at home and she is his sole carer. As anticipated, for respite care he will be self-funding for a short while. Couple of queries:
I gather the assessor told my sister that the LA brokerage scheme might work out cheaper than organising respite in-home or outside privately. Is that the experience of any of you here? Thought I'd ask before she goes rushing into it.
Also, I wonder if my sister should ask for more clarification on something else. The assessor apparently said that if they reach the £23,250 threshold and then BIL goes into residential care, as things stand now (accepting that the law could change), they "would have to contribute round about £247 a month and the LA would have to find the rest." But wouldn't "the rest" have an upper limit for the council? I don't think the assessor specified any such limit. However, if they only fund, say, £650pw, and my sister wanted her husband to go to a CH that charges £1,000pw (which most do, locally), wouldn't my sister be expected to bridge the gap somehow? Or am I misunderstanding the system? I just suspect there may be a catch my sister isn't aware of.