Hello TP,
So, mum - 82 with FTD - is being cared for at home with carers x 3 per day.
The council have just awarded her some money (she is just under the lower threshold) towards her care which I will use to pay the carers and other care expenses. So far so good.
Have now received a letter from the council to say that mum now needs to contribute towards the cost of her community care services and they are asking me to set up a direct debit to pay most of it back!
I was feeling so relieved that she was now going to receive some help but now they are asking for most of it back! This can't be right can it? Why bother awarding her any money in the first place and why all this paperwork?
I already set up a new bank account for mum to have this money put into and I have to keep all the accounts etc and sent them in every 3 months to prove where the money goes.
I don't understand why they can't award one sum of money with one set of banking... or it it just me?
Any comments will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Cazzita x
So, mum - 82 with FTD - is being cared for at home with carers x 3 per day.
The council have just awarded her some money (she is just under the lower threshold) towards her care which I will use to pay the carers and other care expenses. So far so good.
Have now received a letter from the council to say that mum now needs to contribute towards the cost of her community care services and they are asking me to set up a direct debit to pay most of it back!
I was feeling so relieved that she was now going to receive some help but now they are asking for most of it back! This can't be right can it? Why bother awarding her any money in the first place and why all this paperwork?
I already set up a new bank account for mum to have this money put into and I have to keep all the accounts etc and sent them in every 3 months to prove where the money goes.
I don't understand why they can't award one sum of money with one set of banking... or it it just me?
Any comments will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Cazzita x