Hi Everyone
I haven't posted for well over a year but I wanted to let off a bit of steam.
Mum in Law was admitted to a care home in January. She's self funding and we are in the process of selling her home to pay for her care which is bad enough. But then we found that we are expected to contribute £10 per week out of our own pocket towards the cost!!!
The first we heard the phrase 'Third Party Top Up' was last week when the care home phoned to say that they weren't being paid by Social Services as a form needed filling in! Turned out it was a contract between my husband and Nottinghamshire County Council, which would legally obligate him to pay £10 every week.
We knew absolutley nothing about this. It had never been discussed with us or agreed to by us. I phoned the Social Worker dealing with Mum's case and was told that if my husband did not sign the form then she would have no choice but to contact the court of protection to get our power of attourney revoked on the grounds that we are not acting in Mum's best interests.!
I'm utterly disgusted! How can they bully people like this? We are simply not in a finacial position to agree to this. Even if we were it's the principle of the issue. She's paid her NI contibutions all her life and has still got to sell her home. But Notts CC still want £10 from us! Mum can afford to pay this herself with no problems what so ever. She is very well provided for! It doesn't make sense!
The Welfare Rights consultant I spoke to told me that she hears a lot of people complaining that they felt bullied into signing these contracts. DONT BE ONE OF THEM!!! DON'T SIGN ANYTHING YOUR UNSURE ABOUT! DONT GET CAUGHT OUT!!
Best Regards
Gemini
I haven't posted for well over a year but I wanted to let off a bit of steam.
Mum in Law was admitted to a care home in January. She's self funding and we are in the process of selling her home to pay for her care which is bad enough. But then we found that we are expected to contribute £10 per week out of our own pocket towards the cost!!!
The first we heard the phrase 'Third Party Top Up' was last week when the care home phoned to say that they weren't being paid by Social Services as a form needed filling in! Turned out it was a contract between my husband and Nottinghamshire County Council, which would legally obligate him to pay £10 every week.
We knew absolutley nothing about this. It had never been discussed with us or agreed to by us. I phoned the Social Worker dealing with Mum's case and was told that if my husband did not sign the form then she would have no choice but to contact the court of protection to get our power of attourney revoked on the grounds that we are not acting in Mum's best interests.!
I'm utterly disgusted! How can they bully people like this? We are simply not in a finacial position to agree to this. Even if we were it's the principle of the issue. She's paid her NI contibutions all her life and has still got to sell her home. But Notts CC still want £10 from us! Mum can afford to pay this herself with no problems what so ever. She is very well provided for! It doesn't make sense!
The Welfare Rights consultant I spoke to told me that she hears a lot of people complaining that they felt bullied into signing these contracts. DONT BE ONE OF THEM!!! DON'T SIGN ANYTHING YOUR UNSURE ABOUT! DONT GET CAUGHT OUT!!
Best Regards
Gemini