Hello everyone I hope you can help.
My Father went into a care home on Friday for respite care as his partner could no longer cope with him, this has all happened very suddenly and I have suddenly found myself at my wits end trying to cope with the emotional and mental turmoil, plus facing a lot of unknown situations and questions.
I have many questions which I will post on different sections of the forum and hopefully you kind people can help me.
As this is the legal and financial forum my main concerns are, I am his power of attorney so I understand that I need to make some very crucial decisions for his welfare and that of his partner. Dad has been with his partner for 25 years and they currently own a home together as I believe tenants in common, he has more of an income than she does as in pension and it would be my intention to make sure that she is looked after and doesn't suffer financially as he would not want this and neither would I. I think she is on a minimal pension as part of a couple, could she expect to get some kind of help if she were to live on her own if he was taken into care full time?
I am struggling to understand the care home funding situation, he had a financial assessment in October and this says that his maximum weekly assessed charge is £250.63 but I'm not sure if this is for just day care or full time care or if indeed there is a different assessment made for each and as such will he need a new assessment?
He currently receives attendance allowance, will this be stopped if he goes into care full time and should I report the fact that he has gone into a care home to DWP at this stage?
As mentioned above he owns a house jointly with his partner as tenants in common, will this be taken into account with regard to his care home fees and will there be any pressure to sell their home as she still lives in it?
Any advice would be gratefully appreciated, before my own mental health suffers!
Kind Regards
Claire
My Father went into a care home on Friday for respite care as his partner could no longer cope with him, this has all happened very suddenly and I have suddenly found myself at my wits end trying to cope with the emotional and mental turmoil, plus facing a lot of unknown situations and questions.
I have many questions which I will post on different sections of the forum and hopefully you kind people can help me.
As this is the legal and financial forum my main concerns are, I am his power of attorney so I understand that I need to make some very crucial decisions for his welfare and that of his partner. Dad has been with his partner for 25 years and they currently own a home together as I believe tenants in common, he has more of an income than she does as in pension and it would be my intention to make sure that she is looked after and doesn't suffer financially as he would not want this and neither would I. I think she is on a minimal pension as part of a couple, could she expect to get some kind of help if she were to live on her own if he was taken into care full time?
I am struggling to understand the care home funding situation, he had a financial assessment in October and this says that his maximum weekly assessed charge is £250.63 but I'm not sure if this is for just day care or full time care or if indeed there is a different assessment made for each and as such will he need a new assessment?
He currently receives attendance allowance, will this be stopped if he goes into care full time and should I report the fact that he has gone into a care home to DWP at this stage?
As mentioned above he owns a house jointly with his partner as tenants in common, will this be taken into account with regard to his care home fees and will there be any pressure to sell their home as she still lives in it?
Any advice would be gratefully appreciated, before my own mental health suffers!
Kind Regards
Claire
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