Have only just found out that Mum's nursing home treat this as a bit of a guaranteed income stream and retain it, rather than use it to offset the weekly fee. Mum is self funding and pays £675 weekly. So with the FNC this amounts to £831.25.
I appreciate that some nursing homes will have higher weekly charges particularly in the south east.
Am I alone in thinking that the whole sector is just 'weighted' in favour of the owners?? The charges are astronomical, the actual carers are all on minimum wage. Where Mum is they don't even get any extra for Christmas day. The good care assistants tend to get experience and NVQs then go to the NHS which pays better, and offers a pension according to one of the nurses in Mum's home.The service users are like some sort of cash cow for the owners particularly the large care groups many of which have registered offices in places like the Isle of Man presumably for tax purposes. They appear to operate like a cartel, none really publish their charges online.
This is all so unfair. Bad enough that people get dementia in the first place. The double whammy is then having to pay for the huge cost of that care going forward.
Why don't CQC inspect how settings charge service users and rate them for value for money, and also how the FNC is used. Our loved ones have contributed to the NHS and overall don't get their money's worth compared to others.
I believe that following the GE the issue of social care/dementia care has been kicked into the long grass again.
Sorry if this reads as cynical, but it's how I feel having just had a bill for over £19,000 for Mum's care for the past six months. The delay in billing not down to me but to the management at the home. I have brought this to their attention some time ago. So I'm still reeling from the shock. At this rate the proceeds of the sale of Mums home, her only asset, aren't going to last long.
I appreciate that some nursing homes will have higher weekly charges particularly in the south east.
Am I alone in thinking that the whole sector is just 'weighted' in favour of the owners?? The charges are astronomical, the actual carers are all on minimum wage. Where Mum is they don't even get any extra for Christmas day. The good care assistants tend to get experience and NVQs then go to the NHS which pays better, and offers a pension according to one of the nurses in Mum's home.The service users are like some sort of cash cow for the owners particularly the large care groups many of which have registered offices in places like the Isle of Man presumably for tax purposes. They appear to operate like a cartel, none really publish their charges online.
This is all so unfair. Bad enough that people get dementia in the first place. The double whammy is then having to pay for the huge cost of that care going forward.
Why don't CQC inspect how settings charge service users and rate them for value for money, and also how the FNC is used. Our loved ones have contributed to the NHS and overall don't get their money's worth compared to others.
I believe that following the GE the issue of social care/dementia care has been kicked into the long grass again.
Sorry if this reads as cynical, but it's how I feel having just had a bill for over £19,000 for Mum's care for the past six months. The delay in billing not down to me but to the management at the home. I have brought this to their attention some time ago. So I'm still reeling from the shock. At this rate the proceeds of the sale of Mums home, her only asset, aren't going to last long.
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