Hi all
My father spent a short time in care. To cut a long story short, he suffered a fall and passed away a few days later. The Safeguarding Investigation found that "abuse by neglect was partially substantiated" because they failed to adequately assess the risk of falls.
All of that is water under the bridge but I've just had an invoice from Social Services for the period of time my dad was in the care home and quite a bit more besides. My dad was in the home for 11 days when he had his fall and 5 days in hospital where he passed away. SS have sent me an invoice for a period of time 5 days AFTER he passed away ( a total of 21 days when he was only actually a resident for 11 days).
There is no way I should have pay this amount. I'm inclined to think that I'm only liable for the time he was in the care home because it was very clear shortly after he was admitted to hospital that he would not make it.
What are people's thoughts?
Regards
Dave
My father spent a short time in care. To cut a long story short, he suffered a fall and passed away a few days later. The Safeguarding Investigation found that "abuse by neglect was partially substantiated" because they failed to adequately assess the risk of falls.
All of that is water under the bridge but I've just had an invoice from Social Services for the period of time my dad was in the care home and quite a bit more besides. My dad was in the home for 11 days when he had his fall and 5 days in hospital where he passed away. SS have sent me an invoice for a period of time 5 days AFTER he passed away ( a total of 21 days when he was only actually a resident for 11 days).
There is no way I should have pay this amount. I'm inclined to think that I'm only liable for the time he was in the care home because it was very clear shortly after he was admitted to hospital that he would not make it.
What are people's thoughts?
Regards
Dave