My Dad went into a care home last year as he has Ahlzeimer's and my mother's health is so poor she can no longer look after him ( he is 88 and she is 81 )
We are not entitled to any help with costs but what really gets to me is that we pay £600 a week for Dad and social services only pay £400 a week per resident in the same care home ...how can this be fair ?
My Dad worked hard all his life, was a giver of his time in the community and never had a thing from the state in all his life
The Dilnot report earlier this yeas suggests a cap of £35000 for self funding ones health care in a lifetime we have nearly paid that in a year
We also had to pay for my mother to go into a private setting to recover last year as she was considered ok to be discharged from hospital as she could get to the toilet on a zimmer frame ( she lives alone now )
I am ashamed at the way we treat old people in this country...my parents have me nearby to fight their corner but what of those who have noone ?
We are not entitled to any help with costs but what really gets to me is that we pay £600 a week for Dad and social services only pay £400 a week per resident in the same care home ...how can this be fair ?
My Dad worked hard all his life, was a giver of his time in the community and never had a thing from the state in all his life
The Dilnot report earlier this yeas suggests a cap of £35000 for self funding ones health care in a lifetime we have nearly paid that in a year
We also had to pay for my mother to go into a private setting to recover last year as she was considered ok to be discharged from hospital as she could get to the toilet on a zimmer frame ( she lives alone now )
I am ashamed at the way we treat old people in this country...my parents have me nearby to fight their corner but what of those who have noone ?