I am learning, the very hard way, that in spite of what various web sites and lawyers say, bank statements alone are not enough for accounts if you are asked to show them. I have EPA for mum who has Alzheimers and is in a nursing home. Her private money ran out and I applied to the Social Services for an assessment and funding. I was asked for the 'detailed account book' and when I said that there were only bank statements, they threw my case out saying that because I had been drawing cash for things but had no receipts or proof in the form of detailed accounts where the cash went, they had to assume it went to me!!!! It didn't, of course. I am a disabled wheelchair user and it went to keep mums house going for me as she had expressly wanted. it was paid to builders, gardeners etc.
At this point, some 'Jobsworth' in the SS finance dept has reported me to the Court of Protection asking for a full investigation into my handling of mother's money. Worse, he has accused me of endangering her health and safety by failing to pay fees -in spite of the fact that her Social Worker told me to stop as the SS were about to pick up the tab.
On being told that I was disabled, a 'vulnerable adult' with a severe and possibly terminal heart condition, he refused to believe it and basically inferred that I was a crook and a liar. Within a couple of days he will get letters from my GP and my Cardiologist!I have done everything in my power to keep mum's affairs correct. I employed a Financal Adviser to oversee what I did (although he seems to have done very little and charged much) and I consulted with my Solicitor from Day 1. in spite of trying to get this totally right, I am about to be dragged through the Court of Protection and all because I thought that Bank Statements were quite sufficient as 'detailed records'.
This has put me under such stress that it is hard to know who will go first- Mum from Alzheimers or me from heart failure something my Cardiologist has warned about!
Desperately,
Jonathan.
At this point, some 'Jobsworth' in the SS finance dept has reported me to the Court of Protection asking for a full investigation into my handling of mother's money. Worse, he has accused me of endangering her health and safety by failing to pay fees -in spite of the fact that her Social Worker told me to stop as the SS were about to pick up the tab.
On being told that I was disabled, a 'vulnerable adult' with a severe and possibly terminal heart condition, he refused to believe it and basically inferred that I was a crook and a liar. Within a couple of days he will get letters from my GP and my Cardiologist!I have done everything in my power to keep mum's affairs correct. I employed a Financal Adviser to oversee what I did (although he seems to have done very little and charged much) and I consulted with my Solicitor from Day 1. in spite of trying to get this totally right, I am about to be dragged through the Court of Protection and all because I thought that Bank Statements were quite sufficient as 'detailed records'.
This has put me under such stress that it is hard to know who will go first- Mum from Alzheimers or me from heart failure something my Cardiologist has warned about!
Desperately,
Jonathan.