Can anyone please advise me with regard to funding for care at home? My MIL & FIL both live in their own sheltered flat. (They own this). They both receive attendance allowance at the higher rate and they also receive both parts of the pension credit.
The time is fast approaching where by we need extra help. We go every day and take them a hot meal and check on medications both on the visits and over the phone - we also do all the shopping and the many hospital appointments. Another relative goes 3 times a week to make sure they get breakfast on those days and also does housework for them.
It is now looking like they need someone to go every morning to prompt with medication and ensure they are having breakfast and also to assist one of them with washing and dressing. Obviously they have the attendance allowance to help pay for this extra help but would they have any other entitlements we may have missed? I doubt this as they are homeowners but they do not have much in the way of savings - certainly its under the threshold limit.
Thank you all for your help in this.
Kindest regards to you all.
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The time is fast approaching where by we need extra help. We go every day and take them a hot meal and check on medications both on the visits and over the phone - we also do all the shopping and the many hospital appointments. Another relative goes 3 times a week to make sure they get breakfast on those days and also does housework for them.
It is now looking like they need someone to go every morning to prompt with medication and ensure they are having breakfast and also to assist one of them with washing and dressing. Obviously they have the attendance allowance to help pay for this extra help but would they have any other entitlements we may have missed? I doubt this as they are homeowners but they do not have much in the way of savings - certainly its under the threshold limit.
Thank you all for your help in this.
Kindest regards to you all.
x
