Hi,
my nan has recently be diagnosed with dementia and will be going into a home shortly. she has enough assets to cover her own fees, but now that this has happened and my parents have been made aware that it is quite possible for anything left in a will to be eaten up by care home fees etc, so they are now concerned about what to do with their own wills.
One question my mum has is the following which we can't seem to obtain any information on;
Say for example my mum left me the house in her will, and my sisters money in the will for around the same value as the house, if my mum then got dementia and had to go into a home, her assets would be used to pay (and i'm assuming the house would be left until last to sell to contribute towards her assets to pay the care home fees.) What happens though if my mum died before all the assets were used up - would the will be null avoid as the wishes couldn't be carried out i.e the right correct of money has not been left to the beneficiary? sorry if this is not worded very well! thanks in advance for any replies.
my nan has recently be diagnosed with dementia and will be going into a home shortly. she has enough assets to cover her own fees, but now that this has happened and my parents have been made aware that it is quite possible for anything left in a will to be eaten up by care home fees etc, so they are now concerned about what to do with their own wills.
One question my mum has is the following which we can't seem to obtain any information on;
Say for example my mum left me the house in her will, and my sisters money in the will for around the same value as the house, if my mum then got dementia and had to go into a home, her assets would be used to pay (and i'm assuming the house would be left until last to sell to contribute towards her assets to pay the care home fees.) What happens though if my mum died before all the assets were used up - would the will be null avoid as the wishes couldn't be carried out i.e the right correct of money has not been left to the beneficiary? sorry if this is not worded very well! thanks in advance for any replies.